Aspective
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The techniques that make art aspective as opposed to perspective. uncountable
"This unusual sketch from the Valley of the Kings depicts a queen or perhaps a goddess riding into battle in a chariot against a male opponent. She and her adversary are driven by smaller charioteers, according to the laws of aspective.""
- 1 Reflecting one or more aspects, usually of a unified whole, as opposed to a heterogenous entity composed of qualitatively different parts. not-comparable
"The aspective relation borne by the symbol to the matter symbolised is widely different from that which the matter symbolised bears to the symbol; but, when the symbol is an idea, deliberately employed, it carries with it the consciousness of the twofold relation."
- 2 Pertaining to or supporting grammatical aspect. not-comparable
"Intermediate between aspective and inflectional prefixes are the cessatives, and the repetitive (-yi-)."
- 3 Having a fixed symbolic rendition, as opposed to one that represents a particular perspective or point of view. not-comparable
"Historical events can also be depicted in aspective art but the artist has no alternative scheme to show that this is a non-recurrent event."
Example
More examples"The aspective relation borne by the symbol to the matter symbolised is widely different from that which the matter symbolised bears to the symbol; but, when the symbol is an idea, deliberately employed, it carries with it the consciousness of the twofold relation."
Etymology
From aspect + -ive.
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