Associations to the word «Purposive»
Noun
- Limit
- Ing
- Relation
- Case
- Process
- Genre
- Selection
- Evolution
- Court
- Creation
- Activity
- Conclusion
- Communication
- Matter
- Law
- View
- Value
- Meaning
- Decision
- Element
- Method
- Arrangement
- Conflict
- Technique
- Structure
- Form
- Survey
- Brain
- Knowledge
- Mechanism
- Intelligence
- Justice
- Self
- Environment
- Motion
- Connection
- Conduct
- Section
- Pattern
- Depth
- Power
- Ability
- Origin
- Level
- Model
- Policy
- Cause
- Reality
- Actor
- Idea
- Learning
- Subject
- Function
- Freedom
- Given
- Means
Adjective
Wiktionary
PURPOSIVE, adjective. Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution. [from 19th c.]
PURPOSIVE, adjective. Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent. [from 19th c.]
PURPOSIVE, adjective. (psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity. [from 19th c.]
PURPOSIVE, adjective. Pertaining to to or demonstrating purpose. [from 19th c.]
PURPOSIVE, adjective. Possessed of a firm purpose; determined, resolute. [from 20th c.]
PURPOSIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose. [from 20th c.]
PURPOSIVE APPROACH, noun. (legal) The method of interpreting a statute whereby it takes the effect that its originating legislative body intended for it; essentially, enacting the spirit, rather than the letter, of the law.
Dictionary definition
PURPOSIVE, adjective. Having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior".
PURPOSIVE, adjective. Having a purpose; "purposive behavior".
Wise words
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control
our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we
are then master of the situation.