separative

[ sep-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey- ]

adjective

1. tending to separate.
2. causing separation.

separative

/ ˈsɛprə-; ˈsɛpərətɪv /

adjective

1. tending to separate or causing separation

Derived Forms

• ˈseparatively, adverb
• ˈseparativeness, noun

Other Words From

• sepa·rative·ly adverb
• sepa·rative·ness noun
• non·sepa·rative adjective
• un·sepa·ra·tive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of separative¹

1585–95; < Late Latin sēparātīvus, equivalent to Latin sēparāt ( us ) separate + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

She had felt the moment of detached fancy as separative, and he had now to soothe her passionate weeping.

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Philo struggled against the separative and exclusive tendency which characterized a section of his race.

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The spread of infidelity in Germany appears to be the main cause of this separative tendency among the Pietists.

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The other sharp, mordicant and separative that begets nothing.

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The first great feeling of separate nationalism brought in its train a whole host of new separative feelings.

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