Talk:Schismatic family

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Move to "Schismic family"

-ismatic is non-standard for temperaments -- VectorGraphics (talk) 07:18, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

It's schismic that's non-standard. – Sintel🎏 (talk) 18:45, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Schismic is systematic though, and much more common. We don't say "ragismatic" or "kleismatic". And for the family of temperaments (which is only a modern xen concept derived from the historical concept of schismatic temperament), it makes sense to use the systematic name. -- VectorGraphics (talk) 21:30, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

It's a Greek third declension noun. This pattern is pretty common: dogma - dogmatic, drama - dramatic, trauma - traumatic. I don't care what happens with neologisms like ragismic. "Much more common" no it's not. A quick look at some literature makes this pretty clear. – Sintel🎏 (talk) 13:16, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Oh, and how could I forget: chroma - chromatic! – Sintel🎏 (talk)

AFAIK neither is more correct than the other. E.g. Systematic & systemic both exist. FloraC (talk) 13:22, 20 June 2025 (UTC)