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cindynics.

The science of risk analysis.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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noun/sɪnˈdɪnɪks/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. The science of risk analysis.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French cindyniques + English -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice). Cindyniques is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῐ́νδῡνος (kĭ́ndūnos, “danger, hazard, risk”) (probably from Pre-Greek) + French -ique (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice) + -s (suffix forming plurals), and was coined by the French engineer Georges-Yves Kervern (1935–2008) in 1987, and first published in the Le Monde newspaper on 10 December 1987.

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