quasi
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quasi-
a combining form meaning “resembling,” “having some, but not all of the features of,” used in the formation of compound words: quasi-definition; quasi-monopoly; quasi-official; quasi-scientific.
Origin:
< Latin quasi as if, as though, equivalent to qua(m) as + sī if
< Latin quasi as if, as though, equivalent to qua(m) as + sī if
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| —adv | |
| as if; as it were | |
| [from Latin, literally: as if] | |
| quasi- | |
| —combining form | |
| 1. | almost but not really; seemingly: a quasi-religious cult |
| 2. | resembling but not actually being; so-called: a quasi-scholar |
| [from L., lit: as if] | |
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Word Origin & History
quasi
late 15c., from L., "as if," from quam "as much as" + si "if."
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Example sentences
There is another argument for seeing the journal industry as quasi-monopolistic.
As a quasi-commercial endeavor, this website has an interest in getting people to see as many ads as possible.
Blame itself can be statistically apportioned in a quasi-scientific manner.
To reject it out of hand is irrational, indeed, quasi-religious.
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