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problematique, n. (ˌprɒbləməˈtiːk, ‖ prɔblematik) [a. F. problématique (also used).] The complex of issues associated with a topic, considered collectively; spec. the totality of environmental and other problems affecting the world. Cf. problematic n.
1972Washington Post 2 Mar. a18/3 East and West will be working toward a unified version of what the Club of Rome calls the planet-wide problematique—all of mankind's worst problems rolled into one. 1974A. King in W. L. Oltmans On Growth xvi. 102 The environmental problems..receive the most attention. Perhaps partly because they are the easiest part of this complex which we call the problématique. 1979Summary World Broadcasts: Eastern Europe (B.B.C.) 29 Mar. a1 Much attention in these studies is attached to the problematique of deformation of socialism. 1981N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 4 Jan. 10/1 Mr. Muller expresses his central diagnosis of the ‘world problematique’, as the futurologists call it. 1985Christian Science Monitor 6 Feb. 15/2 Soviet scholars responded with interest to reports issued by the Club of Rome on the ‘world problématique’. |