explicative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of explicative
From the Latin word explicātīvus, dating back to 1620–30. See explicate, -ive
Example Sentences
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Wolfe’s writing can oscillate between graciously beautiful and being almost too explicative.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2017
Thus, the explicative myths are as we see, an epitome of a practical philosophy, proportioned to the requirements of the man of the earliest, or slightly-cultured ages.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
Kühner thinks that they are genuine, and explicative of the more general term ἄρχοντες.
From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby
It presents the peculiarities common to all Azurara's writings—the same fondness for quotations, and the same reliance on astrology as explicative of character.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I by Azurara, Gomes Eannes de
The authors of the essay, though they deny the possibility of finding a single explicative principle chosen arbitrarily,504 themselves announce a principle, which, however, amounts simply to the statement that sacrifice is placatory.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
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