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Meaning of "detractive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DETRACTIVE

detractive  [dɪˈtræktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETRACTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detractive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DETRACTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of detractive in the English dictionary

The definition of detractive in the dictionary is causing something to seem less good or impressive. Other definition of detractive is disparaging.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETRACTIVE


abstractive
æbˈstræktɪv
active
ˈæktɪv
attractive
əˈtræktɪv
contractive
kənˈtræktɪv
diffractive
dɪˈfræktɪv
distractive
dɪsˈtræktɪv
extractive
ɪkˈstræktɪv
inactive
ɪnˈæktɪv
interactive
ˌɪntərˈæktɪv
overactive
ˌəʊvərˈæktɪv
photorefractive
ˌfəʊtəʊrɪˈfræktɪv
proactive
prəʊˈæktɪv
protractive
prəˈtræktɪv
radioactive
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈæktɪv
reactive
rɪˈæktɪv
refractive
rɪˈfræktɪv
retractive
rɪˈtræktɪv
subtractive
səbˈtræktɪv
tractive
ˈtræktɪv
unattractive
ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETRACTIVE

detract
detractingly
detraction
detractively
detractor
detractory
detractress
detrain
detrainment
detribalisation
detribalise
detribalization
detribalize
detriment
detrimental
detrimentally
detrital
detrition
detritovore
detritus

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETRACTIVE

addictive
alternative
collective
constrictive
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
effective
objective
perspective
productive
prospective
protective
reflective
reproductive
respective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of detractive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «detractive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETRACTIVE

Find out the translation of detractive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of detractive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detractive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诽谤的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detractores
570 millions of speakers

English

detractive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घटानेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

detractive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порочащим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

difamatório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপসরক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dénigrant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengganggu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

detractive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

落とす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

험담
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Detractive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gièm pha
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

detractive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धडधडणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azaltıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di denigrazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

detractive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ганьбить
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

detractive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

detractive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laster
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

detractive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

detractive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of detractive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETRACTIVE»

The term «detractive» is used very little and occupies the 167.185 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of detractive
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETRACTIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «detractive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «detractive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about detractive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETRACTIVE»

Discover the use of detractive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to detractive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Morphological Typology: From Word to Paradigm
Such ICs are detractive precisely because they have partial similarities to other, more regular ICs. Because of these similarities, their member lexemes are subject to gradual diachronic incorporation into these other, more regular classes , ...
Gregory Stump, Raphael A. Finkel, 2013
2
Environmental Impacts of Ecotourism
Frequencies of detractive factors on major trails. Agulhas Negras Prateleiras Aluruoca Couto Detractive factor No. % No. % No. % No. % P Soil erosion 10 9.3 12 11.4 15 15 2 1.9 0.012 Steps 32 29.9 21 20 12 12 22 21.6 0.018 Soil disruption 0 ...
Ralf Buckley, 2004
3
Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008: ...
So the landscape quality has been evaluated with the individuation of detractive and attractive landscape elements (indicated in the Regional Plan and in the local legislation) (table 2). After the individuation of the relevant visual points it is  ...
Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Antonio Laganà, 2008
4
A Semantic Analysis of Word Order: Position of the Adjective ...
Similarly, if an adjective occurs before a proper noun, which by its nature generally points to only one member of a class, the adjective must be augmentative or detractive. 101 He also notes that a quality not generally inherent to a subset may ...
Linda R. Waugh, 1977
5
Core Curriculum for Holistic Nursing
Communications that cut off or diminish what the client shares are considered detractive. a. Detractive communication leads to dissatisfaction within the helping relationship. b. Components of detractive communication include inaccurate ...
Barbara Montgomery Dossey, 1997
6
Garner's Modern American Usage
The latter is a needless variant of detractive (= tending to detract; defamatory). detriment. The correct idiom is to the detriment of. But occasionally it's mangled— e.g.: “One of the issues about which Justice complained was that Microsoft would  ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
7
Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed inglese: Italiano ed inglese
Maldicénte, adj. slanderous, slandering, detractive, abusive, apt to speak ill of others. — Un maldUentf, a slanderer, an ill-tongue, a backbiter. Maldicénza, s. f- slander, detraction, reviling, vilifying^ backbiting, traducing. Maldicitóre, s. m. r. ...
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1813
8
Evidence-based Approach in Cataract Surgery
Refractive multifocal IOL such as Array, is superior to detractive multifocal IOLs by giving better contrast sensitivity and less glare.23 In conclusion, both distance and near vision correction is possible postoperatively, decreasing the need for ...
Jay Bhopi, 2004
9
Hermann Hesse: Life and Art
... and Hesse was spared their superfluous and detractive repetition. And Castalia itself — a world that has proscribed artistic creativity, ostracized women, banned marriage, and sublimates sexuality,45 knows no politics, practises no religion, ...
Joseph Mileck, 1981
10
The American system of English grammar: to which will soon ...
What the Objective detractive ? 7. Will you give all the rules which stand at the head •f each CONCORDANCE ? 8. Have you examined the notes upon with and without?, 9. Have you given particular attention to the specimen of construing in ...
James Brown (grammarian.), 1826

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETRACTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detractive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The sustainable development goals are serious business
... groups (the national governments of the countries in which they operate) and not even to know if their operations are supportive or detractive ... «Business Green, May 15»
2
Protect Public Health and Environmental Laws from Foreign Trade …
... it is counterproductive and detractive to endorse a trade provision which gives foreign companies the ability to undercut these international ... «PoliticalNews.me, May 15»
3
Long Beach ePrix race will electrify Saturday
“We saw Formula E as additive not detractive in terms of our events,” said Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of ... «OCRegister, Apr 15»
4
“Strangers to Ourselves” is alien to Modest Mouse's own legacy
The vocals and instrumentals still have that characteristic Modest Mouse sound, but are over-produced and detractive. Of course, the record ... «University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily, Mar 15»
5
Apple Adds Cars to its Business in Switzerland
And somehow, this is going to be so intuitive, so not-detractive to the sense of safe driving that we will wonder how such intuition failed the ... «The Mac Observer, Mar 15»
6
“Media will be different in 10 years from now”: Dr. Subhash Chandra
According to Dr. Chandra, employees are of four types: Detractive (those who do not want to work), passive (those who have mastered the art of ... «Indiantelevision.com, Jan 15»
7
Es Po passes away in Australia
... the Establishments, were opportunistically detractive, evasive or ambiguous in their expressions on the national liberation of Eezham Tamils, ... «TamilNet, Nov 14»
8
Learning from Taylor Swift: Your game is worthless but you can give …
Similary, I believe Ms. Swift has a song relating to the detractive nature of harsh critics, and how to deal with them. The point is this: when ... «Pocket Gamer.Biz, Nov 14»
9
Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett faking marital problems to raise …
According to the site, Patti has been actively tweeting some detractive posts which were clearly referring to her daughter and son-in-law. «Lawyer Herald, Nov 14»
10
Energy Watch: Alberta is no Scotland
... has been struggling to find a buyer for more than two years in part because its North Sea assets have been causing “detractive inertia” in the ... «bnn.ca, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Detractive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/detractive>. Apr 2024 ».
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