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Webster 1913 Edition


Dominative

Dom′i-na-tive

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
dominatif
.]
Governing; ruling; imperious.
Sir E. Sandys.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dominative

DOMINATIVE

,
Adj.
Governing; also, imperious.

Definition 2024


dominative

dominative

English

Adjective

dominative (comparative more dominative, superlative most dominative)

  1. Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
    • 1969, Lois N. Nelson, The nature of teaching: a collection of readings
      A sustained dominative pattern was consistently disliked by pupils, reduced their ability to recall, later on, the material studied, and produced disruptive anxiety as indicated by galvanic skin response and changes in the heartbeat rates.