What does satisfice mean?
Satisfice means (obsolete, transitive) To satisfy..
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/ˈsætɪsfaɪs/ · verb
(obsolete, transitive) To satisfy..
Evidently, organisms adapt well enough to ‘satisfice’; they do not, in general, ‘optimize’.
[T]here are two contrasting types of decision-making mentalities, maximizing and satisficing. If you're choosing a marriage partner, you probably want to maximize. You want to find the very best person you are totally in love with. […] But politics is not like that. Politics is a prosaic activity most of the time. You probably want to satisfice, pick the person who's good enough, who seems reasonably responsible.
Use satisfice when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Satisfice means (obsolete, transitive) To satisfy..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Evidently, organisms adapt well enough to ‘satisfice’; they do not, in general, ‘optimize’.
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