Analitikus

Analitikus is an adjective used in Hungarian to mean analytic or analytical. In Hungarian and in some other languages that borrow the form, it functions to describe methods, reasoning, or entities characterized by analysis, decomposition, or formal reasoning. The cognate English word is analytic.

Etymology: The word derives from the Greek analytikós, via Latin analyticus, and into Hungarian with the standard -ikus adjectival ending. The base sense centers on analysis, separating a whole into its parts to examine structure and relations.

Usage: In mathematics and science, analitikus is common in terms such as analitikus geometria (analytic geometry), analitikus módszer, or analitikus megközelítés (analytic approach). In philosophy, analitikus filozófia refers to analytic philosophy. In linguistics and social sciences, phrases like analitikus nyelvészet or analitikus adatelemzés reflect analytical methods. The term can also describe a way of thinking (analitikus gondolkodás) or a professional role such as an analyst (analitikus) in certain contexts.

Relation and distinctions: Analitikus is distinct from adjectives meaning “synthetic” or “dialectical” in languages that pair analytic and synthetic traditions. It also coexists with related forms such as analitika (analysis as a discipline) and analitikai (analytic, as a compound adjective in some contexts).

See also: Analytic geometry, Analytic philosophy, Analytic function, Analysis.