apostatic

English

Alternative forms

• apostatical

Etymology

Latin apostaticus, Ancient Greek.

Adjective

apostatic (comparative more apostatic, superlative most apostatic)

1. (archaic) Apostate.
2. (zoology) negative frequency-dependent; depending on being rare.

   apostatic selection

Derived terms

• apostatically

Translations

apostate — see apostate

References

• “apostatic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.