probabilistic

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism
    of or relating to or based on probability

Word Origin

probabilistic (adj.)
1855, in a theological sense, from probabilist (1650s, from French probabiliste, 17c., from Latin probabilis, see probable) + -ic. Meaning "pertaining to probability" is from 1951. Related: Probabilism.

Example

1. The two basic sampling methods in use today are probabilistic and non_probabilistic sampling .

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