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polythetic

polythetic adjective: having many, but not all properties in common.

Adjective

polythetic (comparative more polythetic, superlative most polythetic)

  1. Having many, but not all properties in common.
    • A polythetic taxon is one where the constituent organisms share a large number of characteristics.

polythetic meaning in Tamil

polythetic in Tamil

பல்லியல்பு கொண்ட

Forms of polythetic

comparativemore polythetic
superlativemost polythetic

Origin of polythetic

From poly- + Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”) + English -ic.

Questions about polythetic

What does polythetic mean?
Polythetic means having many, but not all properties in common.
What is polythetic in Tamil?
Polythetic in Tamil is பல்லியல்பு கொண்ட. See Polythetic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polythetic?
Polythetic is an adjective.

Words near polythetic in the dictionary

  1. polytherapies
  2. polytherapy
  3. polytherian
  4. polytherians
  5. polythermal
  6. polythetic
  7. polythetically
  8. polythiazide
  9. polythiazyl
  10. polythiazyls
  11. polythiene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polythetic (page history and authors); polythetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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