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separative

/'sɛpə,reɪtɪv/

Synonyms of separative Antonyms of separative Examples of separative Usage of separative Parts of separative Definition that contains separative Words sounding like separative Explanation of separative

adjective
serving to separate or divide into parts
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"the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"

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partitive disjunctive
adjective
(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group
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"whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative"

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distributive
adjective
(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it
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disjunctive

Examples of separative

"the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
"whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative"