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

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

He “hath no chapter, yet is presentative, and hath cure of souls; he hath a peculiar, and is not subject to the visitation of the bishop of the diocese.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Normally, sensory vividness attaches only to those presentative elements which are excited through stimulations of the sense-organs.

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

There remains one further mode of cognition which approximates in character to presentative knowledge, and is closely related to external perception.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

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