Meaning of GENERATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'jenu`reytiv
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- [adj] producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs"
- [adj] having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces"
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| | Synonyms: | | creative, fruitful, originative, procreative, productive, reproductive |
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| | Antonyms: | | consumptive | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gen"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]ratif.]
Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or
producing. ``That generative particle.'' --Bentley.
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| | Related Terms: | | abiogenetic, aboriginal, basal, basic, biogenetic, blastogenetic, causative, central, constructive, creative, crucial, demiurgic, elemental, elementary, embryonic, epigenetic, eumerogenetic, formative, fundamental, gametic, genetic, genial, genital, genitive, germinal, heterogenetic, histogenetic, homogenetic, in embryo, in ovo, inventive, isogenetic, merogenetic, metagenetic, monogenetic, original, originative, orthogenetic, pangenetic, parthenogenetic, phytogenetic, pregnant, primal, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, productive, protogenic, radical, rudimentary, seminal, sporogenous, xenogenetic |
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