repercussive

American  

[ree-per-kuhs-iv, rep-er-] / ˌri pərˈkʌs ɪv, ˌrɛp ər- /

adjective

1. causing repercussion; reverberating.

2. reflected; reverberated.

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Other Word Forms

• repercussively adverb
• repercussiveness noun

Etymology

Origin of repercussive

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 • 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

And all the Goths and Vandalls shall strike Heaven With repercussive Ecchoes of your name, Crying, a Hubert!

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

Adj. recoiling &c. v.; refluent†, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary; retroactive.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark