Associations to the word «Regulative»

Wiktionary

REGULATIVE, adjective. Of, or relating to regulation
REGULATIVE, adjective. Having a regulatory function

Dictionary definition

REGULATIVE, adjective. Restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky