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Generative

//ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

    "That generative particle."

  2. 2
    Reproductive. euphemistic

    "Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose."

Adjective
  1. 1
    producing new life or offspring wordnet
  2. 2
    having the ability to produce or originate wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif, equivalent to generate + -ive. Compare French génératif.

See also for "generative"

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