architectonic

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ɑɹ.kə.tɛkˈtɑ.nɪk/

Etymology: From Latin architectonicus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτεκτονικός (arkhitektonikós), from ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect”).

Relating to or characteristic of architecture, design and construction.
“architectonic wisdom”
“[T]he great Creator hath likevviſe ſignalized his Care and Skill, by giving Animals an architectonick Faculty, to build themſelves convenient places of Retirement, in vvhich to repoſe and ſecure themſelves, and to nurſe up their Young.”
Foundational, fundamental; supporting the structure of a morality, society, or culture.
“We do not of course always, or even often, find the moral principles clearly and consciously expressed or consistently supported, but we cannot but feel that they are present in the shape of instincts, and those instincts pervading and architectonic.”
“[…] the Agamemnon and the Libation-Bearers contain extensive choral odes, unequalled for their architectonic majesty in the whole range of dramatic art.”
Relating to the scientific systematization of the totality of knowledge.

Etymology: From Latin architectonicus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτεκτονικός (arkhitektonikós), from ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “architect”).

The design, structure, or architecture of something.
“Because the poems are an investigation into the nature of time, it is important to be aware of the overall temporal architectonic of the love-cycle.”
“The question of commandeering social space and, by extension, reviving a public sphere could well be developed within the architectonic of Bakhtin's theory.”