quasi-
/ˈkweɪzaɪ//ˈkwɑˌzaɪ/
quasi- prefix: almost; virtually.
Prefix
quasi-
- Almost; virtually.
- The quasi-death of insanity with its small periodic remissions, its deviations into good sense, even into brilliant insight, was almost more cruel really than outright death.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 18
- Apparently, seemingly, or resembling.
- To a limited extent or degree; being somewhat or partially.
- The British constitution famously rests on convention. This requires a compact between politicians working as a cabinet and a quasi-independent civil service.2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2020
Synonyms of quasi-
Origin of quasi-
Borrowed from Latin quasi (“almost; as it were”), from quam (interrogative adverb) + sī (conditional particle).
Words formed from quasi-
- quasiaesthetic
- quasiamicable
- quasi-arithmetical
- quasi-art
- quasiatom
- quasi-automatic
- quasi-automatically
- quasi-belief
- quasi-bialgebra
- quasi-classic
- quasi-colloquial
- quasi-continuous
- quasi-continuum
- quasicontraction
- quasi-contractual
- quasi-copula
- quasi-crime
- quasi-crystalline
- quasi-definition
- quasi-deify
- quasi-dereliction
- quasidihedral
- quasidiploid
- quasidirect
- quasi-divine
- quasi-dying
- quasi-emperor
- quasi-episcopal
- quasi-equilibrium
- quasi-eternal
- quasi-ethical
- quasi-ethically
- quasi-existence
- quasi-fascist
- quasi-feudal
- quasifunction
- quasi-general
- quasi-governmental
- quasi-grammatical
- quasi-hallucinatory
- quasi-historical
- quasi-horizontal
- quasi-implication
- quasi-independent
- quasi in rem
- quasi-instantaneous
- quasi-invariant
- quasi-jazz
- quasi-judicial
- quasi-legal
- quasi-logical
- quasi-marital
- quasi-marriage
- quasi-material
- quasi-mathematical
- quasi-mechanical
- quasi-mechanistic
- quasi-metallic
- quasi-metaphysical
- quasi-military
Words that rhyme with quasi-
Questions about quasi-
- What does quasi- mean?
- Quasi- means almost; virtually.
- What part of speech is quasi-?
- Quasi- is a prefix.
- How do you pronounce quasi-?
- Quasi- is pronounced /ˈkweɪzaɪ/ (UK).
Words near quasi- in the dictionary
Source and license
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