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generativist

[ jen-uh-rey-tuh-vist, -er-uh-tuh- ]

noun

  1. a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of generativist1

First recorded in 1965–70; generative + -ist

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