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   generative

   /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rətɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or capable of production or reproduction: "the female reproductive system and its generative cycles"
   • 2. denoting an approach to any field of linguistics that involves applying a finite set of rules to linguistic input in order to produce all and only the well-formed items of a language: "generative phonology"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin generativus, from generare ‘beget’ (see generate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. generativity noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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