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PURPOSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purposive mean?
• PURPOSIVE (adjective)
The adjective PURPOSIVE has 2 senses:
1. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
2. having a purpose
Familiarity information: PURPOSIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing or acting with a purpose or design
Context example:
purposive behavior
Similar:
nonrandom (not random)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a purpose
Synonyms:
goal-directed; purposive
Context example:
purposive behavior
Similar:
purposeful (serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal)
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"The maquis has no eyes, but it sees all." (Corsican proverb)