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organick

organick is the obsolete form of organic.

Meaning of organic

Adjective

organic (comparative more organic, superlative most organic)

  1. Pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
  2. Pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
  3. Relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products.
  4. Of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
  5. Describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdependencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
  6. Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
    • Socially, the term “organic” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.1998, Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit, Beghahn Books, page 29

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Forms of organick

comparativemore organick
superlativemost organick

Questions about organick

What is organick the obsolete form of?
Organick is the obsolete form of organic.

Words near organick in the dictionary

  1. organicist
  2. organicistic
  3. organicists
  4. organicities
  5. organicity
  6. organick
  7. organicness
  8. organics
  9. organific
  10. organification
  11. organifications

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