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compositive

The English word “compositive” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
  2. Characterized by forming an understanding through the accumulation or combination of details, as opposed to deduction from a theoretical model.

Etymology

Latin compositivus, from com- (“together”) + positus (“placed”).

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