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extraspective

extraspective adjective: involving extraspection.

Adjective

extraspective (comparative more extraspective, superlative most extraspective)

  1. Involving extraspection.
    • However, these treatments could be contrasted not only on the introspective-extraspective, but also on the group-individual dimension, and accordingly current research is examining clients' construing and personal styles in relation to their response to an introspective and an extraspective group...1994, David A. Winter, Personal Construct Psychology in Clinical Practice, page 173
    • In claiming the existence of extraspective interactions I am not committing myself to any particular analysis or theory of them, nor am I committing myself to the existence of controversial species of extraspective interactions, such as telepathy.2001, Seumas Miller, Social Action: A Teleological Account, page 4

Forms of extraspective

comparativemore extraspective
superlativemost extraspective

Origin of extraspective

From extraspect + -ive.

Questions about extraspective

What does extraspective mean?
Extraspective means involving extraspection.
What part of speech is extraspective?
Extraspective is an adjective.

Words near extraspective in the dictionary

  1. extraspect
  2. extraspected
  3. extraspecting
  4. extraspection
  5. extraspections
  6. extraspective
  7. extraspectral
  8. extraspects
  9. extraspherical
  10. extraspinal
  11. extrasplanchnic

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