productiveadj.n.

Brit.

/prəˈdʌktɪv/, U.S.

/prəˈdəktɪv/,

/proʊˈdəktɪv/

Forms: 1600s productiue, 1600s– productive.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French productif; Latin productivus.

Etymology: < French productif that forms the origin of something, that engenders, that determines (a1475 in Middle French), that produces concrete objects (1763), that works in the production of goods or commodities (1770 in classe productive ) and its etymon post-classical Latin productivus relating to extension of time (6th cent.), creative, generative (frequently from a1250 in British sources; in 15th cent. also in continental sources) < classical Latin prōduct- , past participial stem of prōdūcere produce v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Catalan productiu (1491), Spanish productivo (1552), Portuguese produtivo (c1446), Italian produttivo (14th cent.). Compare slightly earlier productively adv.

A. adj.

a. Having the quality of producing something, typically through effort or work; that produces, esp. some significant amount or result; creative, generative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective]

imaginativec1405

inventivec1450

feigning1483

creativea1513

inventative1541

inventious1591

conceitful1594

forgetive1600

productive1612

projecting1614

excogitous1646

plastic1662

ingeniary1664

formful1730

forgeful1751

inventful1797

original-minded1797

original1803

originative1811

vivid1814

fingent1837

constructive1841

right-brained1871

poietic1905

1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 35 What new existencies are made of one Christ, by your productiue, creatiue, and factiue consecrations in your massing fiue words?

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. iii. 41 There are many Things which have no such positive productive Influence.

1780 A. Young Tour Ireland ii. 60 Grave treatises..which have declared the depopulation of England itself to take place even in the most productive period of her industry and her wealth.

1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 163 These alterations of the hairs..have all their origin and cause in the productive parts.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 168 A writer so busy as Shakespeare must have been during his productive period.

1892 Times 18 Nov. 12/3 A young fellow considered the question whether or not a young woman was a dressmaker or a productive worker of some kind before he married her.

1928 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 29 Dec. Even members of the Art Institute will be surprised to know that Mr. Wayne is a productive artist because he always has been modest about his work.

1984 D. Leavitt Family Dancing 83 If I was going to be there all day, I might as well do something productive.

2003 BusinessWeek 17 Nov. 120/2 In the middle of the Kentucky plant..a Kaizen Team of particularly productive employees works in a barracks-like structure.

b. With of.

ΚΠ

1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 85 The learned and moderate..confess our Politie to be productive of more Energical and Powerfull Preachers..then any Church in Europe.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Damascius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 302 That Essence, that is Generative or Productive of all things.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. v. §25 He is not made productive of his kind..but by Coition with a Female.

1767 W. Cowper Let. 16 June (1979) I. 169 This part of the World is not productive of much News.

1825 L. Aikin Mem. in A. L. Barbauld Wks. I. p. xxxii A course of honourable and prosperous exertion must always be productive of satisfaction.

1852 Wisconsin Express 4 Mar. In Belgium, Holland and Ireland, I have known as high as thirty bushels of seed produced to the acre; and I know of no reason why our lands may not be equally productive of this crop.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 81 Oak trees..productive of gall nuts.

1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie xv. 232 In war-time we are bound to explore every avenue, whether it is likely to be productive of results, or not.

1996 A. Outwater Water 25 The so-called edge effect—the increased variety and density at community junctions—is what makes wetlands so productive of life.

c. Medicine. Of a cough: characterized by the production of sputum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [adjective] > coughing > type of cough

hecking1642

bound1759

short1797

hacky1810

loose1833

retching1856

pecking1865

brassy1880

productive1923

1923 Radiology 1 168/2 At the time of examination..she had a persistent and slightly productive cough.

1965 Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. 22 194/1 Those who smoked, and more particularly those who had a productive cough, had lower ventilatory capacities and lower forced expiratory ratios than the remainder.

1994 Guardian Good Health Guide Fall–Winter 11/2 Coughs, like colds, tend to be self limiting. If you are coughing up sputum, this healthy, normal reaction, known as a ‘productive’ cough is simply the lungs and bronchial tubes clearing themselves.

2. That causes or brings about; that results in, that is the cause of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > productive of

causativea1420

nutrix?a1475

effective1594

inductive1613

productivea1631

creative1701

gignitive1837

causeful1849

a1631 R. Bolton Foure Last Things (1632) 68 Imaginary Faith is but an idle Idea, a naked Notion, a meere fancy,..and therefore it is not active or productive of any reall effects.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Dying iv. §6 Repentance..productive of fixed Resolutions of holy Living.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 28 His single Misfortune..(which..was productive of many greater).

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 136 Salted cod..was..as productive of the scurvy, as any other kind of salt provisions.

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 457 It may be productive..of incalculable good.

1886 Act 49 & 50 Vict. c. 50 Preamble Such want of uniformity is productive of great inconvenience.

1923 E. Bowen Encounters 169 She drew the feather slowly down the line of one cheek and tickled herself under the chin with it, a delightful sensation productive of shivers.

1992 D. Pannick Advocates v. 150 For the barrister to select his clients on the basis of whether he thinks they are heroes or villains would be especially productive of injustice.

3. Producing or able to produce large amounts of some item, resource, or commodity; that supplies something in abundance; fertile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective]

bearinglOE

fruitfula1300

plenteousc1325

fructuousa1382

birthful?c1475

fertile1481

broodya1522

yielding1556

foisonous1570

procreant1588

generative1597

yieldy1598

childing1600

seedful1605

thankful1610

foisonable1613

prolifical1615

fecundous1630

feracious1637

prolific1653

fetiferous1654

floriferous1656

productive1672

fœtant1678

spawning1682

uberousa1706

populous?1789

productible1830

grateful1832

resultful1833

genetic1838

tumid1840

polyphorous1858

generant1875

proliferent1920

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective]

goodOE

bearinglOE

freshc1325

fat1393

plentive?a1400

fertilec1460

richa1522

fructual1528

batwell1534

battle?1542

battling1548

increaseful1594

uberousa1627

exuberanta1660

generous1661

productive1672

innerly1868

oasal1888

oasitic1896

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abundantly produced or producing

fecundc1400

facund?1504

bountifula1538

redundant?1611

fertilea1616

fruitful1629

prolific1665

productive1672

spawning1682

tousy1895

1672 J. Evelyn tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens 103 Upon the ground his tears in channels flow: Which having water'd the productive earth, The Cypress first from thence deriv'd its birth.

1722 A. Pope Chorus Youths & Virgins 24 Chaste as cold Cynthia's virgin light, Productive as the Sun.

1734 J. Vanderlint Money answers All Things 93 It's observable, Corn hath not risen in proportion to other Commodities, because by a new-fashioned Industry the same Quantity of Ground is more productive than it was.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. ii. 15 The mine of Ecton..was one of the most productive in the kingdom.

1869 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) ii. v. 163 An abundance of productive land.

1934 Q. Rev. Biol. 9 175/2 More shallow water or shoals may..extend the productive area in relation to visible land.

1988 E. Wood et al. Sea Life Brit. & Ireland 164 Mussel beds are one of the most productive areas in the sea.

2004 F. Lawrence Not on Label vi. 179 Most of the productive land where people were growing food for local consumption has been turned over to land growing food for export.

4. Political Economy. That produces or increases wealth or value; that creates profit, as productive labour, productive labourer, productive classes, etc. Also (chiefly in Marxist theory): that contributes to production; esp. in productive forces: the sources and determinants of productivity, as labour power, supply of raw materials, industrial technology, the skills of the individual worker, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > developed productive capacity of society

productive forces1776

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [adjective]

productive1776

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iii. 400 There is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed: There is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive .

1792 A. Young Trav. France 438 A government..that struck a palsy into all the lower and productive classes to favour those whose only merit is consumption.

1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 51 I have been accustomed..to think productive labourers more valuable than unproductive.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. ii. §3 Precious stones..are to some small extent employed in the productive arts.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. iii. 28 The great object must be to make labour as productive as possible, that is, to get as much wealth as we can with a reasonable amount of labour.

1888 S. Moore tr. K. Marx & F. Engels Manifesto Communist Party i. 12 The productive forces at the disposal of society no longer tend to further the development of the conditions of bourgeois property.

1927 E. Paul & C. Paul tr. V. Lenin in D. Ryazanoff Karl Marx 123 At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the..property relationships within which they have hitherto moved.

1984 Times 10 July 12/7 City administration is increasingly carried on by professionals,..with little inclination for productive labour.

2001 J. Fewsmith China since Tiananmen i. ii. 50 The commentary argued that opposing bourgeois liberalization—not developing productive forces—was the key to ensuring political stability.

5. Linguistics. Of an affix or word element: readily or frequently used in the formation of new words.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > other specific types of morpheme

productive1889

non-nuclear1897

unproductive1916

replacive1948

subtractive1948

postmedial1958

1889 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 10 137 The productive suffixes are so few in number for the modern French.

1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. vi. 161 If one of the components of a compound possesses so general a meaning that it readily admits of combination with a considerable number of words, it may become productive, i.e., it may become a regular formative element.

1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. iv. 188 Another productive ending which has been created quite unexpectedly..is ‘-burger’.

1997 Amer. Speech 72 289 Ebonics..has also become the source for a productive group of suffixes (-onics, -bonics, -anics and -ics) humorously meaning ‘dialect or language of’.

B. n.

†1. A thing which causes or produces something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces

gendererc1384

bearera1387

bringerc1386

engendererc1390

producera1513

forthbringer1546

breeder1572

productor1584

productrice1585

spawner16..

brancher1610

procreanta1616

producent1622

productrix1630

generant1635

generator1637

productive1642

procurator1647

pregnatress1651

generatrix1657

yielder1733

productress1751

1642 R. Watson Serm. Schisme 29 That last productive of Schisme, Inordinate zeal.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ii. 3 Warmth is the instrumental Productive of Cloud and Rain.

2. A person who contributes to (esp. economic) productivity.

ΚΠ

1832 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 43 The small suffering remnant of Productives,..those who, in true manful endeavour,..create some what,—with whom, alone, in the end, does the hope of the world lie.

1909 Times 9 Apr. 6/3 The proportion of population in the class of productives should be large and in the class of unproductives small.

1991 Jrnl. of Econ. Lit. 29 150/2 Organized around the distinction between theories of surplus generation and its transfer from productives to nonproductives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	productive
释义	productiveadj.n. Brit. /prəˈdʌktɪv/, U.S. /prəˈdəktɪv/, /proʊˈdəktɪv/ Forms: 1600s productiue, 1600s– productive. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French productif; Latin productivus. Etymology: < French productif that forms the origin of something, that engenders, that determines (a1475 in Middle French), that produces concrete objects (1763), that works in the production of goods or commodities (1770 in classe productive ) and its etymon post-classical Latin productivus relating to extension of time (6th cent.), creative, generative (frequently from a1250 in British sources; in 15th cent. also in continental sources) < classical Latin prōduct- , past participial stem of prōdūcere produce v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Catalan productiu (1491), Spanish productivo (1552), Portuguese produtivo (c1446), Italian produttivo (14th cent.). Compare slightly earlier productively adv. A. adj. 1. a. Having the quality of producing something, typically through effort or work; that produces, esp. some significant amount or result; creative, generative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] imaginativec1405 inventivec1450 feigning1483 creativea1513 inventative1541 inventious1591 conceitful1594 forgetive1600 productive1612 projecting1614 excogitous1646 plastic1662 ingeniary1664 formful1730 forgeful1751 inventful1797 original-minded1797 original1803 originative1811 vivid1814 fingent1837 constructive1841 right-brained1871 poietic1905 1612 R. Sheldon 1st Serm. after Conversion 35 What new existencies are made of one Christ, by your productiue, creatiue, and factiue consecrations in your massing fiue words? 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. iii. 41 There are many Things which have no such positive productive Influence. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland ii. 60 Grave treatises..which have declared the depopulation of England itself to take place even in the most productive period of her industry and her wealth. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 163 These alterations of the hairs..have all their origin and cause in the productive parts. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 168 A writer so busy as Shakespeare must have been during his productive period. 1892 Times 18 Nov. 12/3 A young fellow considered the question whether or not a young woman was a dressmaker or a productive worker of some kind before he married her. 1928 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 29 Dec. Even members of the Art Institute will be surprised to know that Mr. Wayne is a productive artist because he always has been modest about his work. 1984 D. Leavitt Family Dancing 83 If I was going to be there all day, I might as well do something productive. 2003 BusinessWeek 17 Nov. 120/2 In the middle of the Kentucky plant..a Kaizen Team of particularly productive employees works in a barracks-like structure. b. With of. ΚΠ 1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 85 The learned and moderate..confess our Politie to be productive of more Energical and Powerfull Preachers..then any Church in Europe. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Damascius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 302 That Essence, that is Generative or Productive of all things. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. v. §25 He is not made productive of his kind..but by Coition with a Female. 1767 W. Cowper Let. 16 June (1979) I. 169 This part of the World is not productive of much News. 1825 L. Aikin Mem. in A. L. Barbauld Wks. I. p. xxxii A course of honourable and prosperous exertion must always be productive of satisfaction. 1852 Wisconsin Express 4 Mar. In Belgium, Holland and Ireland, I have known as high as thirty bushels of seed produced to the acre; and I know of no reason why our lands may not be equally productive of this crop. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 81 Oak trees..productive of gall nuts. 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie xv. 232 In war-time we are bound to explore every avenue, whether it is likely to be productive of results, or not. 1996 A. Outwater Water 25 The so-called edge effect—the increased variety and density at community junctions—is what makes wetlands so productive of life. c. Medicine. Of a cough: characterized by the production of sputum. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [adjective] > coughing > type of cough hecking1642 bound1759 short1797 hacky1810 loose1833 retching1856 pecking1865 brassy1880 productive1923 1923 Radiology 1 168/2 At the time of examination..she had a persistent and slightly productive cough. 1965 Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. 22 194/1 Those who smoked, and more particularly those who had a productive cough, had lower ventilatory capacities and lower forced expiratory ratios than the remainder. 1994 Guardian Good Health Guide Fall–Winter 11/2 Coughs, like colds, tend to be self limiting. If you are coughing up sputum, this healthy, normal reaction, known as a ‘productive’ cough is simply the lungs and bronchial tubes clearing themselves. 2. That causes or brings about; that results in, that is the cause of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > productive of causativea1420 nutrix?a1475 effective1594 inductive1613 productivea1631 creative1701 gignitive1837 causeful1849 a1631 R. Bolton Foure Last Things (1632) 68 Imaginary Faith is but an idle Idea, a naked Notion, a meere fancy,..and therefore it is not active or productive of any reall effects. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Dying iv. §6 Repentance..productive of fixed Resolutions of holy Living. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 28 His single Misfortune..(which..was productive of many greater). 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 136 Salted cod..was..as productive of the scurvy, as any other kind of salt provisions. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 457 It may be productive..of incalculable good. 1886 Act 49 & 50 Vict. c. 50 Preamble Such want of uniformity is productive of great inconvenience. 1923 E. Bowen Encounters 169 She drew the feather slowly down the line of one cheek and tickled herself under the chin with it, a delightful sensation productive of shivers. 1992 D. Pannick Advocates v. 150 For the barrister to select his clients on the basis of whether he thinks they are heroes or villains would be especially productive of injustice. 3. Producing or able to produce large amounts of some item, resource, or commodity; that supplies something in abundance; fertile. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] bearinglOE fruitfula1300 plenteousc1325 fructuousa1382 birthful?c1475 fertile1481 broodya1522 yielding1556 foisonous1570 procreant1588 generative1597 yieldy1598 childing1600 seedful1605 thankful1610 foisonable1613 prolifical1615 fecundous1630 feracious1637 prolific1653 fetiferous1654 floriferous1656 productive1672 fœtant1678 spawning1682 uberousa1706 populous?1789 productible1830 grateful1832 resultful1833 genetic1838 tumid1840 polyphorous1858 generant1875 proliferent1920 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] goodOE bearinglOE freshc1325 fat1393 plentive?a1400 fertilec1460 richa1522 fructual1528 batwell1534 battle?1542 battling1548 increaseful1594 uberousa1627 exuberanta1660 generous1661 productive1672 innerly1868 oasal1888 oasitic1896 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abundantly produced or producing fecundc1400 facund?1504 bountifula1538 redundant?1611 fertilea1616 fruitful1629 prolific1665 productive1672 spawning1682 tousy1895 1672 J. Evelyn tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens 103 Upon the ground his tears in channels flow: Which having water'd the productive earth, The Cypress first from thence deriv'd its birth. 1722 A. Pope Chorus Youths & Virgins 24 Chaste as cold Cynthia's virgin light, Productive as the Sun. 1734 J. Vanderlint Money answers All Things 93 It's observable, Corn hath not risen in proportion to other Commodities, because by a new-fashioned Industry the same Quantity of Ground is more productive than it was. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. ii. 15 The mine of Ecton..was one of the most productive in the kingdom. 1869 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) ii. v. 163 An abundance of productive land. 1934 Q. Rev. Biol. 9 175/2 More shallow water or shoals may..extend the productive area in relation to visible land. 1988 E. Wood et al. Sea Life Brit. & Ireland 164 Mussel beds are one of the most productive areas in the sea. 2004 F. Lawrence Not on Label vi. 179 Most of the productive land where people were growing food for local consumption has been turned over to land growing food for export. 4. Political Economy. That produces or increases wealth or value; that creates profit, as productive labour, productive labourer, productive classes, etc. Also (chiefly in Marxist theory): that contributes to production; esp. in productive forces: the sources and determinants of productivity, as labour power, supply of raw materials, industrial technology, the skills of the individual worker, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > developed productive capacity of society productive forces1776 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [adjective] productive1776 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. iii. 400 There is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed: There is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive . View more context for this quotation 1792 A. Young Trav. France 438 A government..that struck a palsy into all the lower and productive classes to favour those whose only merit is consumption. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 51 I have been accustomed..to think productive labourers more valuable than unproductive. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. ii. §3 Precious stones..are to some small extent employed in the productive arts. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. iii. 28 The great object must be to make labour as productive as possible, that is, to get as much wealth as we can with a reasonable amount of labour. 1888 S. Moore tr. K. Marx & F. Engels Manifesto Communist Party i. 12 The productive forces at the disposal of society no longer tend to further the development of the conditions of bourgeois property. 1927 E. Paul & C. Paul tr. V. Lenin in D. Ryazanoff Karl Marx 123 At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the..property relationships within which they have hitherto moved. 1984 Times 10 July 12/7 City administration is increasingly carried on by professionals,..with little inclination for productive labour. 2001 J. Fewsmith China since Tiananmen i. ii. 50 The commentary argued that opposing bourgeois liberalization—not developing productive forces—was the key to ensuring political stability. 5. Linguistics. Of an affix or word element: readily or frequently used in the formation of new words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > other specific types of morpheme productive1889 non-nuclear1897 unproductive1916 replacive1948 subtractive1948 postmedial1958 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 10 137 The productive suffixes are so few in number for the modern French. 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. vi. 161 If one of the components of a compound possesses so general a meaning that it readily admits of combination with a considerable number of words, it may become productive, i.e., it may become a regular formative element. 1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. iv. 188 Another productive ending which has been created quite unexpectedly..is ‘-burger’. 1997 Amer. Speech 72 289 Ebonics..has also become the source for a productive group of suffixes (-onics, -bonics, -anics and -ics) humorously meaning ‘dialect or language of’. B. n. †1. A thing which causes or produces something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces gendererc1384 bearera1387 bringerc1386 engendererc1390 producera1513 forthbringer1546 breeder1572 productor1584 productrice1585 spawner16.. brancher1610 procreanta1616 producent1622 productrix1630 generant1635 generator1637 productive1642 procurator1647 pregnatress1651 generatrix1657 yielder1733 productress1751 1642 R. Watson Serm. Schisme 29 That last productive of Schisme, Inordinate zeal. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ii. 3 Warmth is the instrumental Productive of Cloud and Rain. 2. A person who contributes to (esp. economic) productivity. ΚΠ 1832 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 43 The small suffering remnant of Productives,..those who, in true manful endeavour,..create some what,—with whom, alone, in the end, does the hope of the world lie. 1909 Times 9 Apr. 6/3 The proportion of population in the class of productives should be large and in the class of unproductives small. 1991 Jrnl. of Econ. Lit. 29 150/2 Organized around the distinction between theories of surplus generation and its transfer from productives to nonproductives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1612
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