educative

[ ej-oo-key-tiv ]

/ ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪ tɪv /

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adjective

serving to educate: educative knowledge.

pertaining to or productive of education.

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Origin of educative

First recorded in 1835–45; educate + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM educative

non·ed·u·ca·tive, adjectiveo·ver·ed·u·ca·tive, adjectiveo·ver·ed·u·ca·tive·ly, adverbun·ed·u·ca·tive, adjective

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educational sociology, educational television, Educational Welfare Officer, educationese, educationist, educative, educator, educatory, educe, educt, eduction

How to use educative in a sentence

But through a pretty deliberative educative process Barak brought the country, within a matter of a month, to a different place.
What Obama Can Learn from Mandela|Sandra McElwaine|March 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The measures employed for fire prevention may be either administrative, legislative or educative in nature.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
Every state with its executive, legislative, judiciary, military and educative systems is founded on capitalism.
Communism and Christianism|William Montgomery Brown
He also enjoys to a far greater degree the protective and educative attention of real neighborhood life.
The Minister and the Boy|Allan Hoben

We have great faith in the educative effect of justice, and a firm administration of law.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
In the laws made with this end in view lies one of the greatest educative agencies known.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment|Ellen H. Richards

British Dictionary definitions for educative

educative

/ (ˈɛdjʊkətɪv) /

adjective

producing or resulting in educationan educative experience

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