presentative

American  

[pri-zen-tuh-tiv] / prɪˈzɛn tə tɪv /

adjective

1. (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, present, 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

It is because they always involve the immediate presence of some physical object, that the sensation elements involved in ordinary perception are spoken of as immediate, or presentative, elements of knowledge.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The object in insight is thus a presentative feeling as in introspection, though not our own, but another's.

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

At the same time, if well done, they will set an excellent example in the presentative art as also in an apt organization of thought.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

In the first I know by what is called a presentative process, namely, that of sense-perception; in the second I know by a representative process, namely, that of reproduction, or on the evidence of memory.

From Illusions A Psychological Study by Sully, James