Etymology

satisfice

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satisfice · verb1

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

satisfice · verb2

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

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