Violative
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tending to violate; constituting a violation; of or relating to violation. US
"If a restaurant had a policy that two blacks or two Catholics could not sit together, everyone would understand that that policy is unacceptable and illegal. Similarly, we feel that insisting that two people of the same sex cannot sit together is also violative of the law."
Adjective
- 1 violating or tending to violate or offend against wordnet
Example
More examples"If a restaurant had a policy that two blacks or two Catholics could not sit together, everyone would understand that that policy is unacceptable and illegal. Similarly, we feel that insisting that two people of the same sex cannot sit together is also violative of the law."
Etymology
From violate + -ive.
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