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

Derived Forms

• presentativeness
  noun
• unpresentative
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of presentative

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

Example Sentences

The object in insight is thus a presentative feeling as in introspection, though not our own, but another's.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

The second step in this process of presentative construction is the recognition of an object as one of a class of things, for example, oranges, having certain special qualities, as a particular taste.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

Yet, supposing this to be so, we must still distinguish between the single presentative act of introspection and the representative belief growing out of it.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

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 Bode, Boyd H.

This appears to involve an intensification of the mental image, transforming it from a representative to a presentative mental state, making it approximate somewhat to the full intensity of the sensation.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James