explicative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- explicatively adverb
- nonexplicative adjective
- unexplicative adjective
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
Hence such a proposition has also been called explicative.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
The explicative myths, arising from utility, from the necessity of knowing.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
The first and second are informative, explicative, they “take in and do”—the other “gives out.”
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
Il est donc contradictoire d'attribuer au hasard la raison explicative de l'ordre.”—Mercier, op. cit., § 260.523.Cf.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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