schismatic

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schismatic

  • /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ UK
  • /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ UK
  • /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ US
  • [ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] US
  • /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ US
  • /sɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ US
  • [sɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] US
  • /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ Australia
  • [ʃɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] Australia
  • /skɪzˈmæt.ɪk/ Australia
  • [skɪzˈmæɾ.ɪk] Australia

Where it comes from

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.

adjective schismatick

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to a schism. The pontiff had made a last-ditch effort to persuade the society to halt the ordinations, calling them a “schismatic act” and a “sin of extreme gravity”.
  2. not comparable Of or pertaining to a schisma.
  3. not comparable Divisive. schismatic opinions or proposals

noun schismatics · schismatick

  1. A person involved in a schism. He semeth a sysmatyke Or els an heretike, For fayth in hym is faynte.

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adj religion: of or pertaining to a schism

Españolcismático
Portuguêscismático
Françaisschismatique
Deutschschismatisch
Русскийсхизмати́ческий sxizmatíčeskij
العربيةاِنْشِقَاقِيّ inšiqāqiyy

noun religion: person involved in a schism

Españolcismático, cismática
Portuguêscismático, cismática
Françaisschismatique
DeutschSchismatiker, Schismatikerin
Русскийсхизма́тик sxizmátik, схизмати́чка sxizmatíčka, раско́льник raskólʹnik, раско́льница raskólʹnica

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@misc{schismatic_2026,
  title = {schismatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schismatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}