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regulative

regulative adjective: of or relating to regulation; having a regulatory function.

Adjective

regulative

  1. Of or relating to regulation; having a regulatory function.
    • Interpreting Marx as they did, they expected a long period of capitalist conditions and regarded socialism either as a distant prospect with little practical meaning at the present time, or as a regulative moral norm.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

Origin of regulative

From regulate + -ive.

Words formed from regulative

Questions about regulative

What does regulative mean?
Regulative means of or relating to regulation; having a regulatory function.
What part of speech is regulative?
Regulative is an adjective.

Words near regulative in the dictionary

  1. regulation times
  2. regulational
  3. regulationist
  4. regulationists
  5. regulations
  6. regulative
  7. regulatively
  8. regulatome
  9. regulatomes
  10. regulator
  11. regulatorily

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