Meanings
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adj
affecting an entire system or body rather than a single part
Corruption had become a systemic problem across the agency.
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Synonyms
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adj
· affecting an entire system...
pervasivewidespreadgeneralconstitutionalcomprehensivewholesale
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Derived forms
systemically
Etymology
From system + -ic, ultimately from Late Latin systema, from Ancient Greek sustēma ('organized whole').
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