corporative

[ kawr-puh-rey-tiv, -per-uh-tiv, -pruh- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a corporation.
2. of or relating to a political system under which the principal economic functions, as banking, industry, or labor, are organized as corporate unities.

corporative

/ -prətɪv; ˈkɔːpərətɪv /

adjective

1. of or characteristic of a corporation
2. (of a state) organized into and governed by corporations of individuals involved in any given profession, industry, etc

Other Words From

• non·corpo·rative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of corporative¹

1825–35; < Late Latin corporātīvus, equivalent to Latin corporāt ( us ) corporate + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

It exhibited corporative arrogance in its most exasperating form.

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