substitutive
substitutive
Definition
sub·sti·tu·tive (sub′stə to̵̅o̅t′iv, -tyo̵̅o̅t′-)
adjective
- of or having to do with substitution
- being or capable of being a substitute
Etymology: LL substitutivus
sub′·sti·tu′·tively adverb
substitutive
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- form: It could well be that language emerged from ritual, which among other attributes, is a substitutive form of emotion.
Browse dictionary entries near substitutive
- substitution
- substituted service
- substituted basis
- substitute
- substituent
- substellar
- substation
- substantive right
- substantive law
- substantive due process
- substrate
- substratosphere
- substratum
- substructure
- subsume
- subsumption
- subsurface
- subsystem
- subtangent
- subteen
