multifactoral

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adjective

Involving multiple factors.

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Meanings

adjectivemultifactoral (comparative more multifactoral, superlative most multifactoral)

comparative more multifactoral · superlative most multifactoral

  1. Involving multiple factors.

    Although the causes for regressive autism are most likely multifactoral, one possible co-factor — vaccination — stimulates the most intense debate.

    2007 June 25, “Autism: What Research Is Needed? (7 Letters)”, in New York Times

Origin

From multi- + factor + -al.

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APA

multifactoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multifactoral

MLA

“multifactoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multifactoral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multifactoral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multifactoral.

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