CONTRIVEMENT | • contrivement n. (Obsolete) contrivance; invention; arrangement or plan. • CONTRIVEMENT n. the act of contriving. |
NONIMITATIVE | • nonimitative adj. Not imitative. • NONIMITATIVE adj. not imitative. |
CONTAMINATIVE | • contaminative adj. That contaminates. • CONTAMINATIVE adj. tending to contaminate. |
CONTRIVEMENTS | • contrivements n. Plural of contrivement. • CONTRIVEMENT n. the act of contriving. |
NONAUTOMOTIVE | • nonautomotive adj. Not automotive; not relating to automobiles. • NONAUTOMOTIVE adj. not automotive. |
ANTIGOVERNMENT | • antigovernment adj. Opposed to a government currently in power. • antigovernment adj. Opposed to government in general. • anti-government adj. Alternative form of antigovernment. |
NONCOMMUTATIVE | • noncommutative adj. (Of an algebraic structure) Not having commutativity of all elements under its operation. • NONCOMMUTATIVE adj. not commutative. |
NONCOMPETITIVE | • noncompetitive adj. That does not involve competition or rivalry. • non-competitive adj. Alternative spelling of noncompetitive. • NONCOMPETITIVE adj. not competitive. |
OVERINVESTMENT | • overinvestment n. Excessive investment, especially in one particular area. • OVERINVESTMENT n. excessive investment. |
ANTIDEVELOPMENT | • antidevelopment adj. (Politics) Opposed to development, particularly the development of neighborhoods or land. • ANTIDEVELOPMENT adj. opposed to development. |
DECONTAMINATIVE | • DECONTAMINATIVE adj. related to decontamination. |
GOVERNMENTALIST | • governmentalist n. One who supports, or who works within, a government. • GOVERNMENTALIST n. an exponent of governmentalism. |
INTERVENTIONISM | • interventionism n. (Politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state’s affairs. • interventionism n. (Medicine) The medical practice of trying to prolong someone’s life. • interventionism n. (Psychology) The idea that a person develops cognition through explicit instruction by others, and not… |
OVERINVESTMENTS | • overinvestments n. Plural of overinvestment. • OVERINVESTMENT n. excessive investment. |
UNDEMONSTRATIVE | • undemonstrative adj. Not given to showing emotion or feelings; reserved or distant. • UNDEMONSTRATIVE adj. restrained in expression of feeling. |