quasi-
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishquasi-quasi- /kweɪzaɪ, kwɑːzi/ prefix LITTLE/NOT MUCHlike something else or trying to be something else a quasi-scientific approach a quasi-governmental organizationExamples from the Corpusquasi-• the chairman's quasi-judicial role• a quasi-scientific theoryFrom Longman Business Dictionaryquasi-quasi- /kwɑːzi, kweɪzaɪ/ prefix used to say that something acts, works, or operates partly like something else, but is not the actual thinga quasi-judicial agency that conducts investigations and makes recommendations to Congress on international trade issuesOrigin quasi- Latin quasi “as if, partly”