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substitutive

adjective

sub·​sti·​tu·​tive ˈsəb-stə-ˌtü-tiv How to pronounce substitutive (audio)
-ˌtyü-
: serving or suitable as a substitute
substitutively adverb

Example Sentences

his recent religious fanaticism is only the latest substitutive addiction of a person with an addictive personality
Recent Examples on the Web This kind of substitutive logic appears in early case histories of anorexia. Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021 This simple, substitutive kind of automation, Mr. Acemoglu and Mr. Restrepo wrote, threatens not just individual workers, but the economy as a whole. New York Times, 6 Mar. 2021 Somewhere along the line, a foundational philosophy emerged: Identity is additive, not substitutive. Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 20 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of substitutive was in 1656
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