supersessive
supersessive adjective: superseding; tending to supersede; having the character or quality of supersession.
Adjective
supersessive (comparative more supersessive, superlative most supersessive)
- superseding; tending to supersede; having the character or quality of supersession
- It has befallen him most frequently, I recognise, when the supersessive terms of his expression have happened to be verse; but that doesn't in the least isolate his case, since it is clear to the most limited intelligence that the title we give him is the only title of general application and...1909, Henry James, "Preface", The Golden Bowl (Scribner, New York, 1909)
Forms of supersessive
| comparative | more supersessive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most supersessive |
Words that rhyme with supersessive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- concessive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- addressive
- adessive
- alloaggressive
- allosuppressive
- antessive
- antidepressive
- antiexpressive
- antioppressive
- antiprogressive
- antirepressive
- anxiodepressive
- atheroprogressive
- atherosuppressive
- autogressive
- autoregressive
- autorepressive
- brogressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- excessive
- exessive
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
Questions about supersessive
- What does supersessive mean?
- Supersessive means superseding; tending to supersede; having the character or quality of supersession.
- What part of speech is supersessive?
- Supersessive is an adjective.
Words near supersessive in the dictionary
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