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e·kis·tics  (-kstks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The science of human settlements, including city or community planning and design.

[Modern Greek oikistik, from feminine of Greek oikistikos, of settlements, from oikists, colonizer, founder, from oikizein, to settle, from oikos, house; see economy.]

e·kistic, e·kisti·cal adj.
ekis·tician (k-stshn) n.

ekistics [ɪˈkɪstɪks]
n
(Sociology) (functioning as singular) the science or study of human settlements
[from Greek oikistikos of or concerning settlements, from oikizein to settle (a colony), from oikos a house]
ekistic , ekistical adj
ekistician  n


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