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compersive

compersive adjective: pertaining to or exhibiting compersion.

Adjective

compersive

  1. Pertaining to or exhibiting compersion.
    • —which (according to Lovelock's predictions) could be as little as just Antarctica—we will have to be very symbiotic and compersive indeed.2010, Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio, Gaia and the New Politics of Love: Notes for a Poly Planet, →ISBN
    • Whether poly people as a whole have achieved the intended compersive intimacy is debatable, [...]2015, Jillian Deri, Love's Refraction: Jealousy and Compersion in Queer Women's Polyamorous Relationships, →ISBN

Words that rhyme with compersive

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Questions about compersive

What does compersive mean?
Compersive means pertaining to or exhibiting compersion.
What part of speech is compersive?
Compersive is an adjective.

Words near compersive in the dictionary

  1. compering
  2. compers
  3. compersion
  4. compersionism
  5. compersionist
  6. compersive
  7. compesce
  8. compesced
  9. compesces
  10. compescing
  11. compete

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