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generativism

generativism noun: support for generative linguistics.

Noun

generativism (uncountable)

  1. Support for generative linguistics.

Origin of generativism

From generative + -ism.

Questions about generativism

What does generativism mean?
Generativism means support for generative linguistics.
What part of speech is generativism?
Generativism is a noun.

Words near generativism in the dictionary

  1. generative grammars
  2. generative lexicon
  3. generative medicine
  4. generatively
  5. generativeness
  6. generativism
  7. generativist
  8. generativistic
  9. generativists
  10. generativities
  11. generativity

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