compositive
Collocations
4ADJ.
rational
COMPOSITIVE + NOUN
ihmis, imagination, mode
PREP.
with
ADV.
normally, thus
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adj
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).
Characterized by forming an understanding through the accumulation or combination of details, as opposed to deduction from a theoretical model.
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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3The compositive imagination is thus characterized for Avicenna by its power “to combine and separate parts of sensible objects with other parts.”
WiktionaryAs 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
WiktionaryA 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.
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