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satisficers

satisficers is the plural of satisficer.

Meaning of satisficer

Noun

satisficer (plural satisficers)

  1. One who satisfices (rather than optimizes).
    • The end of the poem ["The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost] does not actually depict the narrator looking back at a bold decision with pride. Rather, the narrator is projecting to a future in which they will tell the story of this choice as if it mattered, when really it made no difference. The poem...2026 May 26, David Epstein, “The Real Meaning of "The Road Not Taken". It's not about rugged individualism”, in Range Widely [Substack newsletter]

Questions about satisficers

What is satisficers the plural of?
Satisficers is the plural of satisficer.

Words near satisficers in the dictionary

  1. satisfiability
  2. satisfiable
  3. satisfice
  4. satisficed
  5. satisficer
  6. satisficers
  7. satisfices
  8. satisficing
  9. satisfie
  10. satisfied
  11. satisfied oneself

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Adapted from Wiktionary: satisficers (page history and authors); satisficer (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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