segregativeadj.
/ˈsɛɡrɪɡeɪtɪv/ 1. Having the power or effect of separating.† a. Grammar and Logic. A general designation for adversative (or †discretive) and disjunctive conjunctions. Hence of a proposition, Consisting of members joined by a segregative conjunction.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [adjective] > disjunctive
discretive1542
segregative1588
discrete1628
disjunctive1628
disconnective1824
separative1888
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [adjective] > disjunctive > consisting of members joined by
segregative1588
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. vii. f. 95v The segregative axiome is that whose conjunction is segregative, and there~fore is fittest to dispose disagreeable arguments which must be severed. The segregative is either disjunctive or discretive.
1626 S. Wotton tr. P. Ramus Art Logick ii. vii. 142 That word is a conjunction Segregatiue, which severeth or divideth the parts of speech each from other.
b. Having the property of separating the elements or constituent parts of matter.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separating (something) into constituents
analysing1661
segregative1674
reducing1741
disaggregative1799
1674 T. Flatman Belly God 95 The Vintner..With segregative things as Pigeons eggs Strait purifies, and takes away the dregs.
1858 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 502 Iron-stone nodules..are..probably the result of a segregative power.
2. Of persons: Given to separation or disunion. Of an individual: Unsociable.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society
moy1487
uncompanable1555
inconversable1577
unconversable1593
insociable1598
unsociable1600
dissociable1603
unconversing1643
insocial1654
incommunicative1670
segregative1685
uncommunicative1691
unsocial1731
unamicable1732
uncompanionable1748
dissocial1762
unclubbable?1764
ungregarious1829
lame1942
socially distanced1970
society > society and the community > dissent > [adjective] > causing or desiring dissension > causing disunity
disuniting1611
divisive1642
segregative1875
disunifying1891
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > given to separation
segregative1875
1685 H. More Cursory Refl. 24 I leave him..to consider what a pleasant thing it is to Flesh and Blood to be a Segregative Rabboni.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix. 158 The influences of barbarism, beyond narrow limits, are prevailingly segregative, a wild race..breaks up into mutually jealous and hostile divisions.
1888 M. E. Sandford T. Poole & his Friends I. 157 Coleridge was as social as Wordsworth was segregative in his tendencies.
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