promotive

[ pruh-moh-tiv ]

adjective

1. tending to promote.

promotive

/ prəˈməʊtɪv /

adjective

1. tending to promote

Derived Forms

• proˈmotiveness, noun

Other Words From

• pro·motive·ness noun
• nonpro·motive adjective
• unpro·motive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of promotive¹

First recorded in 1635–45; promote + -ive

Example Sentences

What is unwholesome is wrong; what is promotive of health and completeness for the individual and for the community is right.

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This is, no doubt, promotive of health, provided it is not at first carried to an extreme.

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It Is promotive of knowledge and progress in every community where it circulates.

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This policy is not however fully carried out with merely constructive and promotive action.

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While I believe that many suggestions may be made, useful to the young enjoyer and promotive of his wise vagrancy, I shall not undertake here the complicated task of offering them.

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