educative

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɛdʒəˌkeɪtɪv/ UK /ˈedjʊkətɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #122212

Meanings

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adj
serving to educate or produce intellectual and moral development

Aristotle treats the state as an educative agency as well as a political institution.

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Synonyms

1 adj · serving to educate or... educational instructive formative

More didactic

Opposites

miseducative

Word family

Derived forms educatively

Related forms educate education

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Phrases (1)

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educative experience
an event or activity through which someone gains useful knowledge or understanding

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Formed from educate + -ive. Educate comes from Latin educare, "to rear or train," related to educere, "to lead out."

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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