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Definition of problematic in English: problematicadjective prɒbləˈmatɪkˌprɑbləˈmædɪk Constituting or presenting a problem. 成问题的;有困难的 the situation was problematic for teachers 这种形势对老师来说是难处理的。 Example sentencesExamples - Changes to the Constitution have proved somewhat problematic in the past.
- It will do well to escape the controversy of its problematic production, which has raised questions about the scrutiny afforded to public funding of film in Scotland.
- Like people who hoard possessions, animal hoarders often lack insight into the problematic nature of their behavior.
- This was a show that presented the problematic areas of representation of people outside of one's socio-political group.
- The problematic nature of the concepts ‘Art Brut’ or ‘Outsider Art’ is once more exposed by a case such as his.
- As it is in the witness cases that the courts have most directly confronted the problematic nature of psychiatric illness claims, it is with those cases that we begin.
- Although they have the choice of return, it would be a more problematic and difficult move than for British immigrants.
- Perhaps the most problematic aspect of contemporary nature photography is what is not in the frame.
- In reality, the moral implications in such a world are no more problematic or complex than they are in the current one.
- The problematic nature of these terms has been discussed at length elsewhere.
- Her analysis captures the problematic nature of the self in late modernity and presents it in stark and provocative relief.
- He was a pioneer in designing programmes for captive elephant care, and in the capture and control of problematic animals.
- The problematic software programme controls the town centre traffic lights in connection with recently installed sensors.
- And because of the problematic nature of this general metaphysics, the strategy of this discussion will have to be somewhat different.
- Blurring the distinction between slave and free makes more complicated and problematic the nature of legal status.
- That said, no study of crime can ignore recorded criminal statistics, if only to highlight their partial and problematic nature.
- One of the most controversial and problematic aspects of globalisation is the homogenisation that tends to accompany it.
- It seems to be solid enough, but it is problematic and tricky, you're never as sure of it as you'd like to be.
- Poverty is presented as an issue of problematic behaviour and low self-esteem, rather than of not having enough money.
- Thus, the problematic nature of eyewitness reports was explicitly acknowledged by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Synonyms difficult, hard, problematical, taxing, troublesome, tricky, awkward, controversial, ticklish, complicated, complex, knotty, thorny, prickly, involved, intricate, vexed paradoxical, puzzling, baffling, perplexing informal sticky, like herding cats British informal dodgy
noun prɒbləˈmatɪkˌprɑbləˈmædɪk A thing that constitutes a problem. 成问题之事 the problematics of artificial intelligence 人工智能的各种问题。 Example sentencesExamples - They had set a number of fundamental discursive premises that effectively circumscribed much of the subsequent political problematics.
- The play is generally considered to stand alongside the work of Henry Miller for its insightful portrayal of the problematics of the American dream.
- The central problematics of feminist empiricism can be captured in two apparent paradoxes.
- Thus, the problematics of multicultural representation parallel broader questions about the political constitution of categories of difference.
- The story resonates with the crucial problematics of the exilic experience: the distinction between home and exile, as well as between danger and safety, becomes complicated and problematized.
- This problematics, however much it touches the core of a crucial argument, ceases precisely because it is already circumscribed by legalistic notions of loyalty.
- Turning to Molière, Braider examines tensions obtaining between text and performance in Amphytrion, a play that thematizes the problematics of doubles.
- Contrasts in points of view also emphasize the problematics of drawing racial and cultural lines of ‘division.’
- Demonstrating that all the world is a stage, Thurman places his protagonist in a context of masks, theatres, duplicities, and lies in order to consider the problematics of racial and sexual identity.
- Gerstler's poems highlight the problematics of written discourse, requiring yet thwarting the operations of both memory and understanding.
OriginEarly 17th century: via French from late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos, from problēma (see problem). Rhymesachromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, athematic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, dalmatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diaphragmatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, epigrammatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, hieratic, hydrostatic, hypostatic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, isochromatic, lymphatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, miasmatic, monochromatic, monocratic, monogrammatic, numismatic, operatic, panchromatic, pancreatic, paradigmatic, phlegmatic, photostatic, piratic, plutocratic, pneumatic, polychromatic, pragmatic, prelatic, prismatic, programmatic, psychosomatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, semi-automatic, Socratic, somatic, static, stigmatic, sub-aquatic, sylvatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, thermostatic, traumatic Definition of problematic in US English: problematicadjectiveˌprɑbləˈmædɪkˌpräbləˈmadik 1Constituting or presenting a problem or difficulty. 成问题的;有困难的 the situation was problematic for teachers 这种形势对老师来说是难处理的。 Example sentencesExamples - Although they have the choice of return, it would be a more problematic and difficult move than for British immigrants.
- As it is in the witness cases that the courts have most directly confronted the problematic nature of psychiatric illness claims, it is with those cases that we begin.
- Her analysis captures the problematic nature of the self in late modernity and presents it in stark and provocative relief.
- Perhaps the most problematic aspect of contemporary nature photography is what is not in the frame.
- This was a show that presented the problematic areas of representation of people outside of one's socio-political group.
- Thus, the problematic nature of eyewitness reports was explicitly acknowledged by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- And because of the problematic nature of this general metaphysics, the strategy of this discussion will have to be somewhat different.
- It will do well to escape the controversy of its problematic production, which has raised questions about the scrutiny afforded to public funding of film in Scotland.
- Like people who hoard possessions, animal hoarders often lack insight into the problematic nature of their behavior.
- Changes to the Constitution have proved somewhat problematic in the past.
- Blurring the distinction between slave and free makes more complicated and problematic the nature of legal status.
- That said, no study of crime can ignore recorded criminal statistics, if only to highlight their partial and problematic nature.
- One of the most controversial and problematic aspects of globalisation is the homogenisation that tends to accompany it.
- The problematic nature of the concepts ‘Art Brut’ or ‘Outsider Art’ is once more exposed by a case such as his.
- In reality, the moral implications in such a world are no more problematic or complex than they are in the current one.
- He was a pioneer in designing programmes for captive elephant care, and in the capture and control of problematic animals.
- Poverty is presented as an issue of problematic behaviour and low self-esteem, rather than of not having enough money.
- The problematic software programme controls the town centre traffic lights in connection with recently installed sensors.
- It seems to be solid enough, but it is problematic and tricky, you're never as sure of it as you'd like to be.
- The problematic nature of these terms has been discussed at length elsewhere.
Synonyms difficult, hard, problematical, taxing, troublesome, tricky, awkward, controversial, ticklish, complicated, complex, knotty, thorny, prickly, involved, intricate, vexed - 1.1 Doubtful or questionable.
Example sentencesExamples - But the more questions you ask about that, the more problematic it becomes.
- The stories are all an attempt to answer Akhila's problematic question: can a woman stay single and be happy at the same time?
- But it is also a problematic question since historical scholars have by no means come to any agreement on its answer.
nounˌprɑbləˈmædɪkˌpräbləˈmadik A thing that constitutes a problem or difficulty. 成问题的;有困难的 the problematics of artificial intelligence 人工智能的各种问题。 Example sentencesExamples - This problematics, however much it touches the core of a crucial argument, ceases precisely because it is already circumscribed by legalistic notions of loyalty.
- The central problematics of feminist empiricism can be captured in two apparent paradoxes.
- Demonstrating that all the world is a stage, Thurman places his protagonist in a context of masks, theatres, duplicities, and lies in order to consider the problematics of racial and sexual identity.
- Gerstler's poems highlight the problematics of written discourse, requiring yet thwarting the operations of both memory and understanding.
- Contrasts in points of view also emphasize the problematics of drawing racial and cultural lines of ‘division.’
- They had set a number of fundamental discursive premises that effectively circumscribed much of the subsequent political problematics.
- The play is generally considered to stand alongside the work of Henry Miller for its insightful portrayal of the problematics of the American dream.
- Turning to Molière, Braider examines tensions obtaining between text and performance in Amphytrion, a play that thematizes the problematics of doubles.
- Thus, the problematics of multicultural representation parallel broader questions about the political constitution of categories of difference.
- The story resonates with the crucial problematics of the exilic experience: the distinction between home and exile, as well as between danger and safety, becomes complicated and problematized.
OriginEarly 17th century: via French from late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos, from problēma (see problem). |