presentative

American  

[pri-zen-tuh-tiv] / prɪˈzɛn tə tɪv /

adjective

1. (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.

2. Ecclesiastical. admitting of or pertaining to presentation.

3. Philosophy. immediately knowable; capable of being known without thought or reflection.

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presentative British  

/ prɪˈzɛntətɪv /

adjective

1. philosophy

   1. able to be known or perceived immediately

   2. capable of knowing or perceiving in this way

2. subject to or conferring the right of ecclesiastical presentation

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Other Word Forms

• presentativeness
  noun
• unpresentative
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of presentative

First recorded in 1550–60; present ² + -ative

Example Sentences

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presentative

In the above example, for instance, the colour would be spoken of as a presentative element, because it is immediately presented to the mind in sensuous terms, or through the senses.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education

In the sphere of memory, again, illusion is determined, as such, now by attending more carefully to the contents of memory, now by a process of reasoning from some presentative cognition.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

At the same time, if well done, they will set an excellent example in the presentative art as also in an apt organization of thought.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

Dewey favors the naïve standpoint, and affirms that presentative realism is tainted by an epistemological subjectivism.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas

But if the mind's knowledge of its own states is thus later in time, it is earlier in the logical order, that is to say, it is the most strictly presentative form of knowledge.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James