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distortive

distortive adjective: causing distortion.

Adjective

distortive (comparative more distortive, superlative most distortive)

  1. Causing distortion.
    • She added, “No amount of distortive rhetoric or advertising will cause the governor to back down from the core reforms and necessary reality check embodied in this budget.”2007 March 9, Danny Hakim, “Rangel Tells State’s Delegation That Spitzer Is Too Combative”, in New York Times

Forms of distortive

comparativemore distortive
superlativemost distortive

Origin of distortive

From distort + -ive.

Words formed from distortive

Questions about distortive

What does distortive mean?
Distortive means causing distortion.
What part of speech is distortive?
Distortive is an adjective.

Words near distortive in the dictionary

  1. distortionist
  2. distortionists
  3. distortionless
  4. distortionlessness
  5. distortions
  6. distortive
  7. distortively
  8. distortiveness
  9. distortor oris
  10. distorts
  11. distosepta

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