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probabilistic

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒb.ə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌpɹɑ.bə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/ of Canada
  • Wisconsin Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌpɹɒb.ə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌpɹɔb.ə.bɪˈlɪs.tɪk/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌpɹɒb.ə.bəˈləs.tək/
  • New-Zealand: [ˌpɹɔ̟b.ə.bəˈləs.tək]
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA2 B AH0 B IH0 L IH1 S T AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or derived using probability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, probability-theory, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic doctrine of probabilism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or based on probability

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • probabilistic quantum theory

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From probabil(ity) + -istic and probabil(ism) + -istic.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: вероятностен (verojatnosten) — of or pertaining to probability
  • Catalan: probabilístic — of or pertaining to probability
  • Czech: pravděpodobnostní — of or pertaining to probability
  • French: probabiliste — of or pertaining to probability
  • Russian: вероя́тностный (verojátnostnyj) — of or pertaining to probability
  • Turkish: olasılıksal — of or pertaining to probability
  • Catalan: probabilístic — of or pertaining to probabilism
Real reading context

probabilistic in complete knowledge articles

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