corporative
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a corporation.
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of or relating to a political system under which the principal economic functions, as banking, industry, or labor, are organized as corporate unities.
adjective
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of or characteristic of a corporation
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(of a state) organized into and governed by corporations of individuals involved in any given profession, industry, etc
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of corporative
1825–35; < Late Latin corporātīvus, equivalent to Latin corporāt ( us ) corporate + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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The right of Labor to the fruits of its toil has been obscured by the complexities flowing from the corporative form of financing.
From Time Magazine Archive
An ex-paratrooper and amateur boxer, Serling had corporative experience only in a stint with Crosley Corp. in a low-echelon job After World War II, Serling wrote his own local dramatic show for Cincinnati's station WKRC-TV.
From Time Magazine Archive
After weeks of shuffling with names, Chief of State Petain announced the personnel of his National Council, a consultative chamber with a corporative look about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Schiaparelli made her farewell speech�on the same day that delayed news came from Paris that Lucien Lelong's "corporative reorganization" of the fashion industry had been completed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The "true inwardness" of the change, of which the Protestant Reformation represented the ideological side, meant the transformation of society from a basis mainly corporative and co-operative to one individualistic in its essential character.
From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort
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