Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compositive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pos-i-tive
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.

adj

Characterized by forming an understanding through the accumulation or combination of details, as opposed to deduction from a theoretical model.

Example Sentences

"The compositive imagination is thus characterized for Avicenna by its power “to combine and separate parts of sensible objects with other parts.”"
"As a common example, nouns and adjective ending with nen normally have a compositive form ending with s instead of nen. For example, ihminen (human being) has the compositive form ihmis, appearing in words like ihmiskunta (mankind) and ihmissuhde (personal relationship)."
"A compositive rational mode is had in this way when we reason from causes to effects; the resolutive rational mode is in the opposite direction, from effects to causes."
"From simple features of mental life familiar to us all, compositive theory infers more complex social phenomena in very general terms"

Etymology

Latin compositivus, from com- (“together”) + positus (“placed”).

Inflected Forms

more compositive (comparative) most compositive (superlative)

Derived Forms

compositively

Questions

What does compositive mean?: Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
Where does compositive come from?: Latin compositivus, from com- (“together”) + positus (“placed”).

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