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deviative

deviative adjective: tending to deviate.

Adjective

deviative (comparative more deviative, superlative most deviative)

  1. Tending to deviate.

Forms of deviative

comparativemore deviative
superlativemost deviative

Origin of deviative

From deviate + -ive.

Words formed from deviative

Questions about deviative

What does deviative mean?
Deviative means tending to deviate.
What part of speech is deviative?
Deviative is an adjective.

Words near deviative in the dictionary

  1. deviationism
  2. deviationisms
  3. deviationist
  4. deviationists
  5. deviations
  6. deviative
  7. deviator
  8. deviatoric
  9. deviators
  10. deviatory
  11. devic

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