Meaning & use
systemically
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In a way that affects an entire system rather than just an individual part; throughout an entire body, organization, or structure.
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The infection spread systemically, affecting multiple organs.
Corruption had become systemically embedded in the institution.
A note on using this word
Commonly used in medicine (systemic infection) and in social or economic critique (systemic risk).
Words with a similar meaning
throughoutpervasively
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Words with an opposite meaning
locally
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