separative
tending to separate.
causing separation.
Origin of separative
1Other words from separative
- sep·a·ra·tive·ly, adverb
- sep·a·ra·tive·ness, noun
- non·sep·a·ra·tive, adjective
- un·sep·a·ra·tive, adjective
Words Nearby separative
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How to use separative in a sentence
She had felt the moment of detached fancy as separative, and he had now to soothe her passionate weeping.
The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece | Anne Douglas SedgwickPhilo struggled against the separative and exclusive tendency which characterized a section of his race.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria | Norman BentwichThe spread of infidelity in Germany appears to be the main cause of this separative tendency among the Pietists.
Tent Work in Palestine | Claude Reignier ConderThe other sharp, mordicant and separative that begets nothing.
A Discovrse of Fire and Salt (A Discourse of Fire and Salt) | Blaise de VigenreThe first great feeling of separate nationalism brought in its train a whole host of new separative feelings.
British Dictionary definitions for separative
/ (ˈsɛpərətɪv, ˈsɛprə-) /
tending to separate or causing separation
Derived forms of separative
- separatively, adverb
- separativeness, noun
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