Correlative
[kə'relətɪv] or [kə'rɛlətɪv]
Definition
(adj.) expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation; 'correlative conjunctions' .
(adj.) mutually related .
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Definition
(a.) Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
(n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing.
(n.) The antecedent of a pronoun.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Reciprocal.
n. Correlate.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CORRUGATION]
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Examples
- Of not-being, ignorance was assumed to be the necessary correlative; of being, knowledge? Plato. The Republic.
- Every effect necessarily pre-supposes a cause; effect being a relative term, of which cause is the correlative. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Interest and discipline are correlative aspects of activity having an aim. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When relative terms have no attributes, their correlatives have no attributes; when they have attributes, their correlatives also have them. Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Philip