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Meaning of "remissive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REMISSIVE

remissive  [rɪˈmɪsɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REMISSIVE

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

WHAT DOES REMISSIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of remissive in the English dictionary

The definition of remissive in the dictionary is characterized by a lessening of intensity.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REMISSIVE


abrasive
əˈbreɪsɪv
admissive
ədˈmɪsɪv
decisive
dɪˈsaɪsɪv
demissive
dɪˈmɪsɪv
dismissive
dɪsˈmɪsɪv
emissive
ɪˈmɪsɪv
intermissive
ˌɪntəˈmɪsɪv
invasive
ɪnˈveɪsɪv
irremissive
ˌɪrɪˈmɪsɪv
missive
ˈmɪsɪv
nonpermissive
ˌnɒnpəˈmɪsɪv
omissive
əʊˈmɪsɪv
permissive
pəˈmɪsɪv
persuasive
pəˈsweɪsɪv
pervasive
pɜːˈveɪsɪv
photoemissive
ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈmɪsɪv
promissive
prəˈmɪsɪv
submissive
səbˈmɪsɪv
transmissive
trænzˈmɪsɪv
unsubmissive
ˌʌnsəbˈmɪsɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REMISSIVE

reminiscently
reminiscer
remint
remise
remiss
remissibility
remissible
remissibleness
remissibly
remission
remissively
remissly
remissness
remissory
remit
remitment
remittable
remittal
remittance
remittance advice

WORDS THAT END LIKE REMISSIVE

aggressive
comprehensive
compressive
depressive
excessive
expressive
immunosuppressive
impressive
inexpressive
massive
obsessive
oppressive
passive
passive-aggressive
possessive
progressive
recessive
regressive
repressive
successive
suppressive

Synonyms and antonyms of remissive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «remissive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REMISSIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

缓解期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

remisivo
570 millions of speakers

English

remissive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

remissive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

remissive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

remissive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

remissivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপশমক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rémission
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Remedi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

remissive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

remissive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

remissive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Remissive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tha thứ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மன்னிக்கிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Remissive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

remissive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

remissiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

remissive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

remissive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

remisiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

remissive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vergevende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

remissive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

remissive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of remissive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REMISSIVE»

The term «remissive» is used very little and occupies the 179.976 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REMISSIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REMISSIVE»

Discover the use of remissive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to remissive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Memory as a Moral Decisión: The Role of Ethics in ...
Tenure is seen as leading to remissive behavior that undermines academic ideals. Because of this problem, one academic organization created policies whereby tenured faculty could be rewarded for increased service to make up for their ...
Steven Paul Feldman
2
The Feeling Intellect: Selected Writings
In the society of which the modern university is a part, the temporal and spiritual realm have been largely united in a new remissive elite that staffs both the universities and the government. This remissive elite is the key to our understanding ...
Philip Rieff, Jonathan B. Imber, 1990
3
Modernism and the Critical Spirit
Rieff's moralistic fervor prevents him from making an adequate response to the social and economic realities that support a remissive culture. Though Rieff's extreme rhetoric makes him sound as if he were interested in developing a rational ...
4
Apocalypse Observed: Religious Movements and Violence in ...
In religious terms, Carroll depicted remissive culture as a sort of “secularized Catholicism that returns, substituting an ethic of tolerance and forgiveness for the Puritan ethic of perfection and unredeemable culpability.” The contemporary ...
John R. Hall, Philip D. Schuyler, Sylvaine Trinh, 2005
5
Truth and Narrative: The Untimely Thoughts of ʻAyn Al-Quḍāt ...
In Rieff's terms,10 such Bakhtinian moments of suspension of interdicts are either remissive and tolerated or else transgressive and punished. Thus beyond breaking natural laws, carnivalesque occasions can either subserve the sacred/ social ...
Hamid Dabashi, 1999
6
Digest version of the Integration Theory of Psychoanalysis
From here, the remissive phase is brought about when the therapist is removed from the patient's hallucinations. Then, the second treatment starts. Moreover, psychotropic medication is adequately used during these processes. During the ...
Shinya Nitta, M.D., 2013
7
Shaping the Normative Landscape
about qS—ing, we could have no remissive interest in qS-ing. But it doesn't follow that our remissive interest here is just an interest in the probability of qS's occurrence, or in the probability of our reacting to it with blame and guilt once it does ...
David Owens, 2012
8
Authority in Islam
In accordance with its dynamic and tumultuous nature, particular forms of social relationships and norms of conduct developed in Shicite Islam, establishing, too, a unique set of interdictory, remissive, and transgressive motifs. Life was ...
Hamid Dabashi, 1989
9
A System of Practical Elocution and Rhetorical Gesture: ...
These rhythmical sections of speech correspond exactly to the impulsive and remissive function of the voice ; the impulsive is placed on the accented, and the remissive on the unaccented portions of the measures. Hence, then, a measure of ...
J. Weaver, 1846
10
The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud
Freud considered that his symbols were exempt from the cultural process by which remissive modalities become controlling, although rationally ordered ego controls are intended to operate remissively. Being analytic rather than remissive, the ...
Philip Rieff, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REMISSIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term remissive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Best And Worst of Health and Healthcare – June 2015
To test this hypothesis, a study published in Neuropsychopharmacology evaluated reward responsiveness in individuals with and without remissive depression ... «Brain Blogger, Jul 15»
2
Sicilia, terza regione d'Italia per lavoro nero al femminile
... agricoltura, ma sconosciute al fisco. Le braccianti italiane, rispetto alle straniere (2.700), si mostrano più remissive. Tags: Sicilia, Lavoro, Lavoro Nero, Donne ... «Quotidiano di Sicilia, Jul 15»
3
Family, Racing Community Bolstered Shawna Robinson In Cancer …
A scan will be performed and then Robinson hopes the port in her upper right chest will be removed, signaling the cancer's remissive state. It's been an arduous ... «ESPN, May 15»
4
Business spotlight: Christopher Paasch: 'Dreams, Hope, Faith' 040115
Once faced with being placed on the lung transplant list, Paasch now describes his condition as “semi-remissive” and livable. Grateful for the healing and good ... «Curry County Reporter, Apr 15»
5
Gary Lineker backs Show Racism the Red Card's new immigration film
It would be remissive of me to not use the opportunity when I can. By and large the massive majority of people are good people and don't think like that and its ... «ChronicleLive, Mar 15»
6
Errori delle donne | Amore
Essere remissive: essere prepotenti è brutto ma lo è altrettanto essere remissive e accondiscendenti, tirate fuori il carattere ogni tanto. Essere dipendenti da lui: ... «Blogosfere, Mar 15»
7
Tre anime di Janie Chang
Nella prima metà del Novecento, il lettore si aspetterebbe delle figure femminili remissive, invece le cinesi erano molto forti. «Sì, l'ho constatato anche leggendo ... «Elle, Nov 14»
8
Come farsi rispettare da un uomo nella vita matrimoniale
Innanzitutto bisogna parlare, spiegare il proprio di vista, alzare la voce e litigare se necessario, essere remissive ed educate in certi casi è controproducente. «Blogosfere, Oct 14»
9
After years of battling cancer, player finds haven with football team
"Within 30 days they had him in a remissive state. We thought we were on easy street. He felt fantastic. His hair grew back. "But after five years it came back. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sep 14»
10
Ex-Blazer lends his voice to wife's battle with MS
I was diagnosed in 1997 with relapsing/ remissive MS. I struggle as most do, and I too fear the wheelchair. I am 52, and refuse to let MS win. Blessings to you ... «The Columbian, Aug 14»

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