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preventional

preventional adjective: preventive.

Adjective

preventional (comparative more preventional, superlative most preventional)

  1. preventive.
    • preventional imprisonment
    • preventional approach

Forms of preventional

comparativemore preventional
superlativemost preventional

Origin of preventional

From prevention + -al.

Questions about preventional

What does preventional mean?
Preventional means preventive.
What part of speech is preventional?
Preventional is an adjective.

Words near preventional in the dictionary

  1. preventing
  2. preventingly
  3. prevention
  4. prevention is better than a cure
  5. prevention is better than cure
  6. preventional
  7. preventionism
  8. preventionist
  9. preventionists
  10. preventions
  11. preventitious

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