multifactorial.

Resulting from several interacting or contributing factors.

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Words that belong together

• multifactorial explanation
• multifactorial process

On the page

The decline is multifactorial, involving cost, access, and trust.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation. Commonness: uncommon.