Satisfice vs Satisficed - What's the difference?
satisfice | satisficed |
(obsolete) To satisfy.
(social science, of human behavior, intransitive) To make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences.
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(satisfice)
(obsolete) To satisfy.
(social science, of human behavior, intransitive) To make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences.
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As verbs the difference between satisfice and satisficed
is that satisfice is (obsolete|transitive) to satisfy or satisfice can be (social science|of human behavior|intransitive) to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences while satisficed is (satisfice).satisfice
English
Etymology 1
1560, Northern alteration of (satisfy), probably influenced in form by (etyl) satisfacere.Verb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
(wikipedia satisfice) , coined in 1956 by (Herbert Simon).Verb
(en-verb)See also
* satisficerReferences
* *"satisfice"at The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words . * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. ----
satisficed
English
Verb
(head)satisfice
English
Etymology 1
1560, Northern alteration of (satisfy), probably influenced in form by (etyl) satisfacere.Verb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
(wikipedia satisfice) , coined in 1956 by (Herbert Simon).Verb
(en-verb)See also
* satisficerReferences
* *"satisfice"at The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words . * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. ----