Interventive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Interventive is an adjective meaning Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening.
Meaning
Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening.
Example Sentences
In a hospital setting, midwives are following protocols that are part of a more interventive model of care.
The Laws, or Interventive Regulations, obviate or decide disputes, between players, respecting punctilios in placing the board and pieces, and limit the penalties for irregularities.
His opposition to same-sex marriage rests upon two familiar conservative notions: the view that interventive “protection” rather than encouragement is the best way to bolster the presumably threatened institution of marriage […].
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intervenient, intervening, intercessionary, intercedent, intermedial, intercessory.
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