全体的|ぜんたいてきzentaiteki
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Definitions
- na-adjectiveoverall; general; as a whole
Conjugation
| Plain form | 全体的（ぜんたいてき） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 全体的です（ぜんたいてきです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 全体的ではない（ぜんたいてきではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 全体的ではありません（ぜんたいてきではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 全体的だった（ぜんたいてきだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 全体的ではなかった（ぜんたいてきではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 全体的で（ぜんたいてきで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 全体的に（ぜんたいてきに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 全体的なら（ぜんたいてきなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym全面的ぜんめんてきNeutralStresses that every aspect is involved, as in 「全面的な調査」 or 「全面的に協力」; use when all sides are covered, not just the whole taken broadly.
- Related総括的そうかつてきNeutralRefers to summing things up into one consolidated picture, as in 「総括的な評価」; the emphasis is on drawing a summary, not simply viewing the whole.
- Related全般的ぜんぱんてきNeutralDescribes the whole of something across its various aspects, as in 「全般的に良好」; very close in sense to 「全体的」.
- Antonym部分的ぶぶんてきNeutralAntonym: concerns only a part rather than the whole, as in 「部分的に修正」; the direct opposite of viewing something as a whole.
- Antonym個別的こべつてきNeutralAntonym: concerns individual items one by one rather than the whole, stressing each separate case; opposite of the headword's overall view.
Use 「全体的」 to view something as a whole, as in 「全体的に見て良い」. 「全般的」 is very close, for an overall picture across aspects; 「全面的」 when every aspect is involved; 「総括的」 for summing up. 「部分的」 and 「個別的」 are its opposites (partial, one by one).
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