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transdisciplinary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
trans-dis-ci-plinary
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Holistically encompassing more than one academic discipline; (sometimes) transcending disciplinarity.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English disciplinary English transdisciplinary From trans- + disciplinary.

Inflected Forms

more transdisciplinary (comparative) most transdisciplinary (superlative)

Derived Forms

transdisciplinarily

Frequently Paired Words

transdisciplinarian transdisciplinarity crossfunctional

Synonyms

crossdisciplinary interdisciplinary multidisciplinary pluridisciplinary

Questions

What does transdisciplinary mean?
Holistically encompassing more than one academic discipline; (sometimes) transcending disciplinarity.
Where does transdisciplinary come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English disciplinary English transdisciplinary From trans- + disciplinary.

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