Problematic

What do we mean by problematic?

Posing a problem; difficult to solve. adjective

Open to doubt; debatable. adjective

Not settled; unresolved or dubious. adjective

Something that poses a problem or difficulty. noun

Of the nature of a problem; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; disputable; doubtful.

In logic, of the nature of a question, possible or doubtful.

Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. adjective

Posing a problem; difficult to overcome or solve adjective

Debatable; open to doubt adjective

Unresolved or dubious adjective

Doubtful or uncertain in its outcome adjective

A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study noun

Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe adjective

Open to doubt or debate adjective

(chiefly in the plural) A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.

Words that are spelled similarly to problematic:
problematic, problematize, unproblematic, problematics, problematist.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word problematic:
invasive, integration, behavior, behaviour, difficulties, situation, difficult, because, impossible, problem.

Words that rhyme with problematic:
pragmatic, idiosyncratic, erratic, enigmatic, static, ecstatic, dogmatic, emphatic, phlegmatic, dramatic, systematic, axiomatic, matic, pneumatic, diplomatic, fanatic, charismatic, schematic, automatic, autocratic, emblematic, aquatic, idiomatic, democratic, aromatic, thematic, traumatic, melodramatic, bureaucratic, hepatic, aristocratic, psychosomatic, cinematic, mattock, adriatic, asymptomatic, phatic, programmatic, symptomatic, prismatic, vatic, asiatic, monochromatic, climatic, aerobatic, posttraumatic, homeostatic, lymphatic, socratic, rheumatic, semiautomatic, numismatic, operatic, epigrammatic, asthmatic, pratique, electrostatic, acrobatic, theocratic, hippocratic, hanseatic, batak, pancreatic, mathematic, telematic, diagrammatic, undemocratic, technocratic, enzymatic, prostatic, phosphatic, hyperchromatic, patak, austroasiatic, snattock, shattuck, undiplomatic, pratic, atmospheric static, mattick, informatic, klezmatic, sensormatic.

Adjectives that are often used to describe problematic:
central, whole, general, entire, new, generative, fundamental, basic, political, philosophical, modern, specific, most, theoretical, particular, epistemological, ideological, historical, marxist, larger, traditional, moral, complex, contemporary, cultural, liberal, broader, kantian, main, ontological, postmodern, similar, environmental, original, ethical, theological, key, double, sociological, initial, overall, classical, urban, existential, wider, heideggerian, spatial, dominant, inner, hegelian, distinctive, marxian, internal, freudian, feminist, cartesian, scientific, temporal, transcendental, modernist, classic, global, universal, methodological, phenomenological, concrete, anthropological, deceptive, althusserian, metaphysical, systemic, nietzschean, inherent, historicist, least, linguistic, gramscian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective problematic:
nature, situation, situations, behavior, aspects, relationship, issues, behaviors, issue, areas, character, aspect, cases, area, status, relationships, concept, use, features, relation, assumptions, patterns, case, relations, notion, consequences, question, term, behaviour, position, elements, effects, feature, assumption, interactions, questions, implications, category, events, role, element, figure, experiences, terms, concepts, task, outcomes, distinction, circumstances, passages, responses, future, identity, behaviours, word, symptoms, text, drinking, practices, notions, event, quality, reality, interaction, context, passage, phenomenon, phenomena, items, reactions.

Words that sound like problematic:
problematic, problematics, problematical, unproblematic, problematically, problematize, programmatic, spermatic, splenetic, sublimity.