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dominative, a.|ˈdɒmɪnətɪv|
[ad. med.L. dominātīv-us, F. dominatif, -ive (Oresme, 14th c.); see dominate and -ive.]
1. a. Having the quality of ruling or dominating; of lordly authority.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 57 The Princes in Majestie and soveraigntie of power; the Nobilitie in wisedome and dominative vertue..are respectable and honourable. 1659Stanley Hist. Philos. xiii. (1701) 613 Domestic Prudence being either conjugal and paternal, or dominative and possessory. 1868Contemp. Rev. IX. 77 The public feeling..ought to be dominative, determining the tone, and thus assuring acceptance for the individual.
†b. dominative argument, transl. Gr. κυριεύων λόγος, a kind of logical fallacy. Obs.
1656Stanley Hist. Philos. iv. (1701) 148 Diodorus interrogated by the Dominative Argument.
c. Psychol. Tending to dominate; exhibiting domination (see quots.).
1937H. H. Anderson in Jrnl. Soc. Psychol. VIII. 335 (title) An experimental study of dominative and integrative behavior in children of preschool age. Ibid. 338 Dominative behavior included the following: 1. Verbal demands to secure materials. 2. Forceful attempts to secure materials. 1953A. K. C. Ottaway Education & Soc. vii. 137 ‘Dominative’ behaviour is typified by autocratic methods and the attempt to dominate the will of others.
†2. Of predominant weight or importance. Obs.
1639Fuller Holy War iv. v. (1840) 183 They approach..to us in more weighty and dominative points. 1655― Ch. Hist. ii. vi. §42 An Induction of the dominative Controversies, wherein we differ from the Church of Rome. |