repercussive

[ ree-per-kuhs-iv, rep-er- ]

adjective

1. causing repercussion; reverberating.
2. reflected; reverberated.

Other Words From

• reper·cussive·ly adverb
• reper·cussive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of repercussive¹

1350–1400; Middle English repercussif < Old French. See repercussion, -ive

Example Sentences

The Charles Howard Candler professor of African American Studies at Emory University, Anderson has a gift for illustrating how specific historical injustices have repercussive, detrimental influence on contemporary American life.

From Los Angeles Times

Every tactic contradictory, every endeavour repercussive, obviously she was on the path to self-destruction.

From The Guardian

That trauma and dehumanization has been powerful, repercussive through time—unconscious to some, invisible to others, and persistently lopsided in its burdens.

From Newsweek

Or rather, not all, since there is no all, no finish; it not the blow we suffer from but the tedious repercussive anti-climax of it, the rubbishy aftermath to clear away from off the very threshold of despair.

From Literature

The gloomy woods Start at the flash, and from their deep recess, Wide-flaming out, their trembling inmates shade Amid Caernarvon's mountains rages loud The repercussive roar; with mighty crush, Into the flashing deep, from the rude rocks Of Penmaenmawr heap'd hideous to the sky, Tumble the smitten cliffs; and Snowdon's peak, Dissolving, instant yields his wintry load.

From Project Gutenberg