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purposive purposive definition

purposive


 
  Overview  of  adj  purposive 
 
  The  adj  purposive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  purposive  --  (having  or  showing  or  acting  with  a  purpose  or  design;  "purposive  behavior") 
  2.  goal-directed,  purposive  --  (having  a  purpose;  "purposive  behavior") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  purposive 
 
  2  senses  of  purposive 
 
  Sense  1 
  purposive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  nonrandom)  ->  random 
 
  Sense  2 
  goal-directed,  purposive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  purposeful)  ->  purposeless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  purposive 
 
  2  senses  of  purposive 
 
  Sense  1 
  purposive 
  =>  nonrandom  (vs.  random) 
 
  Sense  2 
  goal-directed,  purposive 
  =>  purposeful  (vs.  purposeless) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  purposive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  purposive 
 
  purposive  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  purposive 
  purposive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  purposive 
 
  The  adj  purposive  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  purposive  --  (having  or  showing  or  acting  with  a  purpose  or  design;  "purposive  behavior") 
  2.  goal-directed,  purposive  --  (having  a  purpose;  "purposive  behavior") 



purposive definition