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

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Etymology

Origin of presentative

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

presentative

Such illusions come midway between presentative and representative illusions.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully

But by common consent, a percept implies a presentative apprehension of an object now present to sense.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully

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 Paul Klapper

Treating knowledge as a presentative relation between the knower and object makes it necessary to regard the mechanism of presentation as constituting the act of knowing.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode

The normal percept, then, owes its character of sensory reality to the fact that a certain number of its presentative elements are sensations peripherally excited by impressions made upon a sense-organ.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

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