schismatic

English

Alternative forms

• schismatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɪzˈmætɪk/

Adjective

schismatic

1. (religion) Of or pertaining to a schism.
2. (music) Of or pertaining to a schisma.
3. Divisive.

   schismatic opinions or proposals

Translations

religion: of or pertaining to a schism

• Bulgarian: разколнически (bg) (razkolničeski)
• Catalan: cismàtic (ca)
• Esperanto: skisma
• French: schismatique (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: schismatisch
• Middle English: scismatik
• Portuguese: cismático (pt)

Derived terms

• schismatic temperament

Noun

schismatic (plural schismatics)

1. (religion) A person involved in a schism.
   • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 17–19:

     He semeth a sysmatyke
     Or els an heretike,
     For fayth in hym is faynte.

Translations

religion: a person involved in a schism

• Bulgarian: разколник (bg) m (razkolnik)
• Catalan: cismàtic (ca) m, cismàtica (ca) f
• French: schismatique (fr) m or f
• German: Schismatiker (de) m, Schismatikerin (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: cismático (pt) m
• Russian: схизма́тик (ru) m (sxizmátik), раско́льник (ru) m (raskólʹnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: расколник m (raskolnik), расколница f (raskolnica)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French schismatique, from Latin schismaticus.

Adjective

schismatic m or n (feminine singular schismatică, masculine plural schismatici, feminine and neuter plural schismatice)

1. schismatic

Declension

Declension of schismatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	schismatic		schismatică	schismatici	schismatice
	definite	schismaticul		schismatica	schismaticii	schismaticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	schismatic		schismatice	schismatici	schismatice
	definite	schismaticului		schismaticei	schismaticilor	schismaticelor