exploitative C2+ Topic:Describing People US /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #62868 Meanings 1 adj In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something We are protesting the company's exploitative policies. 2 adj Of or relating to exploitation. Carey McWilliams offers an exploitative theory to explain anti-Semitism.¹⁸ Social exclusion of Jews, he points out, commenced in the 1870’s just when huge fortunes were being made in industry and in railroading. 3 adj Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms. The ways in which tadpoles inhibit each other’s growth have been of particular interest since Richards (1958) and Rose (1960) first indicated that interference as well as exploitative mechanisms may be involved. Thesaurus Synonyms exploitive Word family Derived forms counterexploitativeexploitativelyexploitativenessnonexploitativeoverexploitative Etymology From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive. Topics Describing People External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # exploitative **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 62868 ## Meanings 1. In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something 2. Of or relating to exploitation. 3. Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms. ## Examples - We are protesting the company's exploitative policies. - Carey McWilliams offers an exploitative theory to explain anti-Semitism.¹⁸ Social exclusion of Jews, he points out, commenced in the 1870’s just when huge fortunes were being made in industry and in railroading. - The ways in which tadpoles inhibit each other’s growth have been of particular interest since Richards (1958) and Rose (1960) first indicated that interference as well as exploitative mechanisms may be involved. ## Synonyms - exploitive ## Derived Forms - counterexploitative - exploitatively - exploitativeness - nonexploitative - overexploitative ## Etymology From exploit + -ative. Compare exploitive. ## Topics - Describing People markdown