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exemplificative

exemplificative adjective: serving as an example; illustrative.

Adjective

exemplificative (comparative more exemplificative, superlative most exemplificative)

  1. Serving as an example; illustrative.
    • From this point of view, street-boys’ life conditions represent an exemplificative and extreme case of concurring conditions of abuse and neglect, which come under the more extensive concept of child maltreatment.2015 October 29, “Impact of Childhood Maltreatment on the Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of exemplificative

comparativemore exemplificative
superlativemost exemplificative

Origin of exemplificative

From the past participial stem of Latin exemplificō + -ive.

Questions about exemplificative

What does exemplificative mean?
Exemplificative means serving as an example; illustrative.
What part of speech is exemplificative?
Exemplificative is an adjective.

Words near exemplificative in the dictionary

  1. exemplificates
  2. exemplificating
  3. exemplification
  4. exemplificational
  5. exemplifications
  6. exemplificative
  7. exemplificator
  8. exemplificators
  9. exemplificatory
  10. exemplifie
  11. exemplified

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