different between satisfie vs satisfice

English

Verb

satisfie

1. Archaic spelling of satisfy.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæt?sfa?s/

Etymology 1

1560, Northern alteration of satisfy, probably influenced in form by Latin satisfacere.

Verb

satisfice (third-person singular simple present satisfices, present participle satisficing, simple past and past participle satisficed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To satisfy.

Etymology 2

Blend of satisfy +? suffice, coined by American political scientists and psychologist Herbert A. Simon in 1956.

Verb

satisfice (third-person singular simple present satisfices, present participle satisficing, simple past and past participle satisficed)

1. (sociology, intransitive) Of human behavior: to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences.

See also

• satisficer

References

• “satisfice” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “satisfice” at The Phrontistery – A Dictionary of Obscure Words.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Spanish

Verb

satisfice

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of satisfacer.