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transdisciplinary

transdisciplinary adjective: holistically encompassing more than one academic discipline; (sometimes) transcending disciplinarity.

Adjective

transdisciplinary (comparative more transdisciplinary, superlative most transdisciplinary)

  1. Holistically encompassing more than one academic discipline; (sometimes) transcending disciplinarity.
    • Near-synonyms: crossdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary

Synonyms of transdisciplinary

Forms of transdisciplinary

comparativemore transdisciplinary
superlativemost transdisciplinary

Origin of transdisciplinary

From trans- + disciplinary.

Words formed from transdisciplinary

Questions about transdisciplinary

What does transdisciplinary mean?
Transdisciplinary means holistically encompassing more than one academic discipline; (sometimes) transcending disciplinarity.
What part of speech is transdisciplinary?
Transdisciplinary is an adjective.

Words near transdisciplinary in the dictionary

  1. transdimerization
  2. transdisciplinarian
  3. transdisciplinarians
  4. transdisciplinarily
  5. transdisciplinarity
  6. transdisciplinary
  7. transdiscursive
  8. Transdniestria
  9. Transdniestrian
  10. Transdniestrians
  11. transdom

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