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nonredemptive

nonredemptive adjective: not redemptive.

Adjective

nonredemptive (not comparable)

  1. Not redemptive
    • Maria Speth’s “Madonnas,” a German-language film about an aimless, reckless young mother of five trying to get her life back together, might have been a Sundance film (it has some resemblance to “SherryBaby” ) but for the English subtitles and the decidedly nonredemptive ending.2007 February 15, A. O. Scott, “Whimsy, Pessimism and ‘Lady Chatterley’ in Berlin”, in New York Times

Origin of nonredemptive

From non- + redemptive.

Questions about nonredemptive

What does nonredemptive mean?
Nonredemptive means not redemptive.
What part of speech is nonredemptive?
Nonredemptive is an adjective.

Words near nonredemptive in the dictionary

  1. nonred
  2. nonredacted
  3. nonredeemable
  4. nonredeemed
  5. nonredemption
  6. nonredemptive
  7. nonredox
  8. nonreduced
  9. nonreducible
  10. nonreducing
  11. nonreduction

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