Word of the Day:
satisfice
What It Means
To satisfy.
Satisfice in Context
“[T]here are two contrasting types of decision-making mentalities, maximizing and satisficing. If you're choosing a marriage partner, you probably want to maximize. You want to find the very best person you are totally in love with. […] But politics is not like that. Politics is a prosaic activity...”
Did You Know?
1560, Northern alteration of satisfy, probably influenced in form by Latin satisfacere.
Source and license
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