repercussive
Americanadjective
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causing repercussion; reverberating.
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reflected; reverberated.
Other Word Forms
- repercussively adverb
- repercussiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of repercussive
1350–1400; Middle English repercussif < Old French. See repercussion, -ive
Example Sentences
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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 • Sep. 12, 2018
That trauma and dehumanization has been powerful, repercussive through time—unconscious to some, invisible to others, and persistently lopsided in its burdens.
From Newsweek
And steel's repercussive power over the economy was already being felt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arnold glanced up and grinned at him, as if totally unconcerned that this was the most repercussive case in the entire history of Crime-Central!
From We're Friends, Now by Varga, Mel
Adj. recoiling &c. v.; refluent†, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary; retroactive.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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