Corporative

//ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹətɪv// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    pertaining to a corporation; corporate
  2. 2
    pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.

    "Since the Middle Ages, France had developed into a ‘society of orders’, that is, an environment in which a complex set of institutions and corporative bodies enjoyed distinct legal status."

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"Since the Middle Ages, France had developed into a ‘society of orders’, that is, an environment in which a complex set of institutions and corporative bodies enjoyed distinct legal status."

Etymology

From Latin corporātīvus, from the participle stem of corporō (“I embody”).

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