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noun Linguistics.

a theory of phonology that uses a set of rules to derive phonetic representations from abstract underlying forms.

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If a series is telling a story that matters to us, the loss of a main character can be jarring but generative.
Life After TV Death: How Shows Like ‘Game of Thrones’ Kill Your Favorite Characters|Phillip Maciak|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He called the rules of this device universal grammar, and his method of studying the rules he called generative grammar.
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I sensed that I found a symbol for generative grammar, and I worked on the [theory of] recursivity in my animation.
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So, geometry elaborates a lot on recursivity in generative grammar.
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The cash-generative printing division had about $25 billion of sales.
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The generative facts which created them are the same which are always in operation about us.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
It was also said to indicate a union of Osiris and Isis, and was regarded as a symbol of the generative principle of nature.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
Others have recognized it as representing the generative principle of mankind, making it the symbol of the female.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
At one time the symbolism is broad, and refers to generative nature in general.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II
At another time it refers solely to the human generative organs.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II