systematic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sys=tem=at=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

systematic, a. 

•  Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study.  [1913 Webster]

  "Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems."  [1913 Webster]

  "A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic."  [1913 Webster]
•  Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence.  [1913 Webster]
•  Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.  [1913 Webster]

  "These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical."  [1913 Webster]
•  Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.  [1913 Webster]

Systematic theology. See under Theology.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

systematic, adj.
1 methodical; done or conceived according to a plan or system.
2 regular, deliberate (a systematic liar).

Idiom

systematic theology a form of theology in which the aim is to arrange religious truths in a self-consistent whole.

Derivative

systematically adv. systematism n. systematist n.

Etymology

F syst{eacute}matique f. LL systematicus f. late Gk sustematikos (as SYSTEM)

THESAURUS

systematic

accordant, alike, analytical, arranged, automatic, balanced, businesslike, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, correspondent, equable, equal, even, flat, formal, habitual, harmonious, homogeneous, immutable, in hand, invariable, level, logical, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, monolithic, normal, of a piece, ordered, orderly, organized, persistent, planned, regular, regular as clockwork, robotlike, routine, smooth, stable, standard, standardized, steadfast, steady, symmetrical, systematized, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, unruffled, unvaried, unvarying, usual, well-ordered, well-regulated

ROGET THESAURUS

systematic

Order

N order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo, music of the spheres, gradation, progression, series, subordination, course, even tenor, routine, method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness, rank, place, orderly, regular, in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place, neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic, unconfused &c (confuse), arranged, in order, methodically, in turn, in its turn, by steps, step by step, by regular steps, by regular gradations, by regular stages, by regular intervals, seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim, at stated periods, natura non facit saltum, order is heaven's first law, order from disorder sprung, ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribue.

Arrangement

N arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic, In vast cumbrous array.