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

On the other hand, a representative illusion is often more enduring than a presentative, that is to say, less easily found out.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

For a great part of our knowledge is presentative, and we directly perceive the objects of Nature not less than the phenomena of Consciousness.

From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by Buchanan, James

That we have a direct, immediate, presentative "face to face" knowledge of matter and mind in every act of consciousness is asserted again and again by Hamilton, in his "Philosophy of Perception."

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

Such illusions come midway between presentative and representative illusions.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James

In the perception of an object and in the representation of it, introspective analysis discovers a number of presentative elements.

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