qualitative

[ kwol-i-tey-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.

Origin of qualitative

1
First recorded in 1600–10; from Late Latin quālitātīvus, equivalent to quālitāt- (stem of quālitās ) quality + -īvus -ive

Other words from qualitative

  • qual·i·ta·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·qual·i·ta·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for qualitative

qualitative

/ (ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv, -ˌteɪ-) /


adjective
  1. involving or relating to distinctions based on quality or qualities: Compare quantitative

Derived forms of qualitative

  • qualitatively, adverb

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