manifestative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- manifestatively adverb
- unmanifestative adjective
Etymology
Origin of manifestative
1635–45; < Medieval Latin manifestātīvus, equivalent to Latin manifestāt ( us ) ( manifest, -ate 1 ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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Action is of two kinds,—representative and manifestative.
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Manifestative pantomime, on the contrary, reveals the feelings and experiences of the human mind, or the subjective situations and relations.
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Manifestative pantomime centres in the eye or the face, but belongs to the whole body.
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Every student should observe how manifestative action of face and body always supports descriptive gesture.
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Morality, definition, 64; constitutive norm, 65; manifestative norm, 67; perceptive norm, 68; three species of, 69; three sources, the object, circumstances, and end, 70 sqq.; moral value of passions, 121 sqq.; important influence of habits on, 140.
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