satisficing

Speech parts

1. satisficing - Adjective

2. satisficing - Verb

Meaning

satisficing

present participle of satisfice

satisficing (not comparable)

Satisfying and sufficient

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Recent research in social psychology has shown that happy people are not people who have more; rather, they are people who are happy with what they already have. Happy people engage in satisficing all of the time, even if they don't know it. Daniel Levitin

Since my world picture approximates reality only crudely, I cannot aspire to optimize anything; at most, I can aim at satisficing. Searching for the best can only dissipate scarce cognitive resources; the best is the enemy of the good. (p.361) Herbert Simon

Most of us have adopted a strategy to get along called satisficing. Daniel Levitin

Close letter words and terms

satisfiable satisfice satisficer satisfie satisfied satisfied himself