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programmatic

programmatic

4 6.7
Organized according to a formal plan or policy
  • adjective
  • /ˌproʊɡrəˈmætɪk/
  • Formal
translation icon : programático
  • The committee approved several programmatic initiatives to address community health issues.
  • programmatic orientation
  • programmatic policy
  • programmatic change

There's no reason not to apply systematic thinking, programmatic thinking and team based thinking to care.

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Examples

  • Congress should concentrate not on programmatic details, but on broad policy issues.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Budgeting processes, including a shift to a more programmatic focus, were changed in both school systems following the audit.

    Academic text (1992)
  • All other assessment activities are designed to lead to making good programmatic decisions.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Why have they not come up with programmatic policies that that cater towards the need of of the aging population?

  • Certainly, a variety of new programmatic policies and implementation guidelines are currently under discussion.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Additionally, clinical and programmatic training should be available for all TB control programs.

    Academic text (2011)
  • What little work there is tends to emphasize program evaluation and local programmatic initiatives.

    Academic text (2011)
  • One way to achieve programmatic coherence is to build connections between literacy and content area courses.

    Academic text (2015)
  • To prevent duplication of services and to develop administrative and programmatic linkages, we mutually agree as follows:

    Academic text (1990)
  • We recommend wearable tech become a programmatic component of any elective course on IT entrepreneurship.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

systematic
vsprogrammatic
66 4.6

Done in a careful planned way

is organized to follow formal programs, policies, or planned rules

Antonyms

187 4.2

Happening naturally without planning or outside cause

25 3.5

Happening by chance without getting ready first

How Planned

systematic
66 4.6
programmatic
  • Formal
4 6.7
planned
26 1.0
unplanned
25 3.5

Surface Forms

programmatic positive

Morphology

programmatic = program (transparent) = program + matic

Formed directly from the noun 'program' with an adjectival suffix; the sense 'planned/organized according to a program' follows directly from 'program'.

Etymology

Programmatic comes from the word program, which is built from pro- 'before' and gramma 'written', meaning a plan written ahead of time. So programmatic means something done or organized according to a formal plan.