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

Baptiste, who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Parsons School of Design, is an interdisciplinary artist whose work incorporates fashion, textiles and photography. —Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025

An interdisciplinary team made up of researchers from the University of Miami's Rosentiel School, Nashua Community College, Seton Hall University, the Smithsonian Institute, The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan coauthored the study. —Hunter Geisel, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025

To do so, an interdisciplinary team at TU Graz tested three different AI approaches. —Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025

Beginning in 2012, my colleagues and I helped thousands of interdisciplinary teams at IBM become more entrepreneurial, more agile, and more customer-focused. —Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 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