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displacive

displacive adjective: that involves or causes displacement.

Adjective

displacive (comparative more displacive, superlative most displacive)

  1. That involves or causes displacement

Forms of displacive

comparativemore displacive
superlativemost displacive

Origin of displacive

From displace + -ive.

Questions about displacive

What does displacive mean?
Displacive means that involves or causes displacement.
What part of speech is displacive?
Displacive is an adjective.

Words near displacive in the dictionary

  1. displacency
  2. displacer
  3. displacers
  4. displaces
  5. displacing
  6. displacive
  7. displant
  8. displantation
  9. displantations
  10. displanted
  11. displanting

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