Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A termination of Greek origin, denoting a science or an art.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A suffix used in forming the names of certain sciences, systems, etc., as acoust
ics , mathematics , dynamics , statistics , politics , athletics .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- suffix Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.
- suffix Forms nouns relating to activities
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The distinction is embodied in all the words that end in -ics: ethics, politics, esthetics, mathematics.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The distinction is embodied in all the words that end in -ics: ethics, politics, esthetics, mathematics.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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