separative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonseparative adjective
- separatively adverb
- separativeness noun
- unseparative adjective
Etymology
Origin of separative
1585–95; < Late Latin sēparātīvus, equivalent to Latin sēparāt ( us ) separate + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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He said that the West wanted to limit Iran’s enrichment capacity to “10,000 separative work units, which is equivalent to 10,000 centrifuges of the older type that we already have.”
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2014
Sin is essentially the endeavour to live for the finite, the separative, the divisive, as opposed to the infinite, the whole-ward, the All.
From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
The colours, which cause in another colour this horizontal movement, while they are themselves affected by it, have another movement of their own, which acts with a violent separative force.
From Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Sadleir, Michael
She had felt the moment of detached fancy as separative, and he had now to soothe her passionate weeping.
From The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
Philo struggled against the separative and exclusive tendency which characterized a section of his race.
From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Bentwich, Norman
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