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decompositional

UK[diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃənəɫ]

decompositional adjective: of or pertaining to decomposition.

Adjective

decompositional (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to decomposition.
    • To begin with, Reynolds’ decompositional strategy invoking sub-skills such as various visual recognitional capacities (as in Marr’s theory of vision) seems to be an appeal to the so-called ‘unconscious’ processes that lead up to experience and eventually to belief.2008 September 12, Hamid Vahid, “Experience and the Space of Reasons: The Problem of Non-Doxastic Justification”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI
    • The Manelis and Tharp ( 1977 ) investigation failed to find a difference between affixed and nonaffixed words in either direction, a result that favored the independent entries hypothesis over either version of the decompositional hypothesis.1980, Status Report on Speech Research - Issues 63-64, page 246

Origin of decompositional

From decomposition + -al.

Words formed from decompositional

Questions about decompositional

What does decompositional mean?
Decompositional means of or pertaining to decomposition.
What part of speech is decompositional?
Decompositional is an adjective.
How do you pronounce decompositional?
Decompositional is pronounced [diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃənəɫ] (UK).

Words near decompositional in the dictionary

  1. decomposited
  2. decomposites
  3. decomposition
  4. decomposition potential
  5. decomposition potentials
  6. decompositional
  7. decompositionality
  8. decompositionally
  9. decompositions
  10. decompound
  11. decompoundable

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