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connexive

connexive adjective: connective.

Adjective

connexive (not comparable)

  1. (dated) connective
    • The logic of the theory, however, would permit a distinction to be drawn between true or originating “first” causes, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the connexive sequences, sometimes called “causes”, that merely depend upon such origins.1940, John Laird, chapter VII, in Theism and Cosmology, Ayer Publishing, page 215

Noun

connexive (plural connexives)

  1. (dated) connective

Forms of connexive

pluralconnexives

Questions about connexive

What does connexive mean?
Connexive means connective.
What part of speech is connexive?
Connexive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near connexive in the dictionary

  1. connexionalists
  2. connexionally
  3. connexions
  4. connexity
  5. connexiva
  6. connexive
  7. connexives
  8. connexivities
  9. connexivity
  10. connexivum
  11. connexon

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