ejective
Americanadjective
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serving to eject.
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Phonetics. (of a voiceless stop, affricate, or fricative) produced with air compressed above the closed glottis.
noun
adjective
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relating to or causing ejection
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phonetics (of a plosive or fricative consonant, as in some African languages) pronounced with a glottal stop
noun
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Origin of ejective
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The ejective existence thus ascribed to society serves as a stepping-stone to the yet more vague and general ascription of such existence to the Cosmos.
From Mind and Motion and Monism by George John Romanes
Thus, in the following discussion, x = the objective world, y = the ejective world, and z = subjective world.
From Mind and Motion and Monism by George John Romanes
It applies with equal felicity to things and persons, to the objective and to the ejective realm.
From Meaning of Truth by William James
But inasmuch as—religious faith apart—we are not able to verify any such ejective interpretation, we are not able to estimate its value.
From Mind and Motion and Monism by George John Romanes
At first, indeed, or during the earliest stages of culture, the ascription of ejective existence to the external world is neither vague nor general: on the contrary, it is most distinct and specific.
From Mind and Motion and Monism by George John Romanes
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