encyklopediska

Encyklopediska is a Swedish adjective meaning “encyclopedic,” used to describe something with the breadth, organization, or authority characteristic of an encyclopedia. The form encyklopediska is the inflected variant that appears before plural nouns or in certain definite constructions; the base form is encyklopedisk.

Etymology: The term derives from the noun encyklopedi (encyclopedia) with the adjectival suffix -isk, a productive Swedish formation borrowed through Latin and Greek influences and closely aligned with the English word “encyclopedic.”

Usage: The word is common in academic, journalistic, and critical writing to characterize comprehensive coverage or systematic presentation of information. It may describe articles, compendiums, or overviews that aim to provide a broad, reference-like treatment of topics. Examples include encyklopediska artiklar (encyclopedic articles) or encyklopediska uppslag (encyclopedic entries). In everyday Swedish, encyklopedisk is the more typical form for a singular, before-noun use, while encyklopediska appears when the noun is plural or in certain definite constructions.

See also: Encyclopaedia, encyclopedia article, encyclopedic knowledge. The term is closely related to other expressions that denote comprehensiveness or reference work, and it is used to signal a scope that resembles an encyclopedia rather than a narrow or specialized treatment.