adjective
- of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
adjective
- having the nature or appearance of a problem; questionable
- logic obsolete (of a proposition) asserting that a property may or may not holdCompare apodeictic (def. 2), assertoric
adj.c.1600, “doubtful, questionable,” from French problematique (15c.), from Late Latin problematicus, from Greek problematikos “pertaining to a problem,” from problematos, genitive of problema (see problem). Specific sense in logic, differentiating what is possible from what is necessarily true, is from 1610s. Related: Problematical (1560s); problematically.