evolutive

[ ev-uh-loo-tivor, especially British, ee-vuh- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or promoting evolution; evolutionary:

   an evolutive process.

2. tending to evolve, or toward evolution.

evolutive

/ ɪˈvɒljʊtɪv /

adjective

1. relating to, tending to, or promoting evolution

Word History and Origins

Origin of evolutive¹

First recorded in 1870–75; evolut(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

I do not wish to assert that all unfamiliar psychical states are necessarily evolutive or dissolutive in any assignable manner.

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