probabilistic

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism
2. 2.

   of or relating to or based on probability

   “probabilistic quantum theory”

Questions about probabilistic

What does probabilistic mean?

probabilistic means "of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in probabilistic?

probabilistic has 5 syllables: pro-ba-bi-lis-tic. The stress falls on "lis". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɑbəbɪˈlɪstək/.

Is probabilistic a common word?

probabilistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.