inversive
inversive adjective: of, pertaining to, characterised by, or causing inversion.
Adjective
inversive (comparative more inversive, superlative most inversive)
- Of, pertaining to, characterised by, or causing inversion.
- The sexual revolution was in many ways inversive, turning many older ideas on their heads.
- In fact, the most inversive of all such moves is Goffman's use of players as models for those involved in serious activities.1983, Raritan, volume 3, page 90
Examples of inversive in a sentence
- For example, while the French inversive prefix dé- only attaches to transitive dynamic verbs, HC [Haitian Creole] de- can attach to both transitive and intransitive verbs, whether dynamic or stative.2002, Claire Lefebvre, “The emergence of productive morphology in creole languages: the case of Haitian Creole”, in Geert Booij, Jaap van...
- The more inversive, peer-oriented, outdoor activities precede Halloween, while the family gatherings, meal, fireworks, and bonfire all take place on Halloween itself.2015, Jack Santino, The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland, page 140:
Forms of inversive
| comparative | more inversive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inversive |
Origin of inversive
From Latin invers-, the past participial stem of invertō, + -ive.
Words formed from inversive
Phrases with inversive
Words that rhyme with inversive
- recursive
- cursive
- immersive
- adversive
- animadversive
- aversive
- conversive
- discursive
- dispersive
- excursive
- introversive
- semicursive
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- subversive
- abstersive
- antidiscursive
- antisubversive
- aspersive
- co-recursive
- compersive
- contraversive
- corecursive
- counterdiscursive
- countersubversive
- cyberdiscursive
- detersive
- electrodispersive
- eversive
- extroversive
- immunosubversive
- incursive
- interconversive
- interdiscursive
- ipsiversive
- left-recursive
- macrodiscursive
- metadiscursive
- microdiscursive
- monodispersive
- nonaversive
- noncursive
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nonimmersive
- nonrecursive
- nonsubversive
- overdispersive
- perversive
- photoaversive
- polydispersive
- precursive
- primitive recursive
- proaversive
- procursive
- pursive
- reversive
- Roman cursive
- semiodiscoursive
- submersive
- subrecursive
- superrecursive
Questions about inversive
- What does inversive mean?
- Inversive means of, pertaining to, characterised by, or causing inversion.
- How do you use inversive in a sentence?
- For example, while the French inversive prefix dé- only attaches to transitive dynamic verbs, HC [Haitian Creole] de- can attach to both transitive and intransitive verbs, whether dynamic or stative.
- What part of speech is inversive?
- Inversive is an adjective.
Words near inversive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inversive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inversive.wav.
Cite this entry: “inversive.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/inversive. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.