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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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
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
Just why Premier Salazar had decided to dabble in democracy after 25 years' devotion to a corporative state modeled on Italian Fascism, he did not say.
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
This view does not seem to be tenable, for the old sacrificial carousals lack two of the essential elements of the gilds, namely corporative solidarity or permanent association and the spirit of Christian brotherhood.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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