interdisciplinary

adjective

in·​ter·​dis·​ci·​plin·​ary ˌin-tər-ˈdi-sə-plə-ˌner-ē 

: involving two or more academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines

interdisciplinarity

ˌin-tər-ˌdi-sə-plə-ˈner-ə-tē  -ˈna-rə- 

noun

Examples of interdisciplinary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, global citizenship education does not fall neatly into any one discipline, and so universities and colleges need to build interdisciplinary programs to explore global citizenship. —Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025

Andrew Jorgenson, sociology professor at the University of British Columbia and the study's co-author, told Newsweek on Thursday that the study advances the interdisciplinary science on the societal causes of climate change. —Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025

The interdisciplinary team came up with 12 different potential recipes using varying percentages of silicon dioxide, copper, calcium, and sodium carbonate. —ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025

Befitting a festival with a strong interdisciplinary spirit and a crowd that skews young, the Neuchâtel Intl. —Ben Croll, Variety, 27 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for interdisciplinary

• cardiopulmonary
• multidisciplinary
• postrevolutionary
• prerevolutionary
• accessary
• adversary
• ancillary
• arbitrary
• aviary
• axillary
• beriberi
• breviary