"monothetic" meaning in All languages combined

See monothetic on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /mɒnə(ʊ)ˈθɛtɪk/ [UK], /mɑnəˈθɛdɪk/ [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monothetic From mono- + Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “position, arrangement”) + English -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mono-|grc:θέσις<t:position, arrangement>|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monothetic [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μόνος", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μονο-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mono-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "gloss" : "position, arrangement", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "θέσις", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "monothetic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="monothetic"> From mono- + Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “position, arrangement”) + English -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monothetic (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to or based on a single basic idea or principle. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monothetic-en-adj-f9l06CVL Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mono-, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 60 40
  2. Describing a classification that is defined by the presence of all of a set of attributes Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-monothetic-en-adj-65fpmWrz Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: polythetic
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