What does compositive mean?
Compositive means Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded..
The compositive imagination is thus characterized for Avicenna by its power “to combine and separate parts of sensible objects with other parts.”
As a common example, nouns and adjective ending with nen normally have a compositive form ending with s instead of nen. For example, ihminen (human being) has the compositive form ihmis, appearing in words like ihmiskunta (mankind) and ihmissuhde (personal relationship).
A compositive rational mode is had in this way when we reason from causes to effects; the resolutive rational mode is in the opposite direction, from effects to causes.
From simple features of mental life familiar to us all, compositive theory infers more complex social phenomena in very general terms
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Compositive means Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded..
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The compositive imagination is thus characterized for Avicenna by its power “to combine and separate parts of sensible objects with other parts.”
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