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attractional

attractional adjective: relating to attraction.

Adjective

attractional (not comparable)

  1. Relating to attraction
    • The spermatozoon is not concerned with evasion, but in addition to the ordinary physical and chemical changes it has a special attractional relation to the ovum.1904, Robert Brandon Arnold, Scientific fact and metaphysical reality, page 170
  2. Relating to attempts to attract worshippers to a church
    • For Lima Community Church, attractional evangelism seems to work well. Their credo is to care deeply about people, reach out to them, invite them into your life and bring them to church […]2007, Elmer L. Towns, Ed Stetzer, Warren Bird, 11 Innovations in the Local Church, page 221
    • Complex attractional approaches tend to have a contraceptive effect on the reproductive capacities of the church.2009, Alan Hirsch, Darryn Altclass, The Forgotten Ways Handbook, page 143

Origin of attractional

From attraction + -al.

Words formed from attractional

Questions about attractional

What does attractional mean?
Attractional means relating to attraction.
What part of speech is attractional?
Attractional is an adjective.

Words near attractional in the dictionary

  1. attracting
  2. attracting attention
  3. attractingly
  4. attractins
  5. attraction
  6. attractional
  7. attractionally
  8. attractions
  9. attractive
  10. attractive nuisance
  11. attractive nuisances

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