Definition of Ascriptive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascriptive

ascot ties
ascots
ascovirus
ascoviruses
ascribable
ascribable(p)
ascribe
ascribed
ascribed status
ascribed statuses
ascribes
ascribing
ascription
ascriptions
ascriptitious
ascriptive (current term)
asdfghjkl
asdic
asdics
asea
asearch
asearched
asearches
asearching
aseasonal
asecretory
asectarian
aseismic
aseities

Literary usage of Ascriptive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Participle in the Book of Acts by Charles Bray Williams (1909)
"Seven (77^ per cent,) of these are adverbial; 2 (22$ per cent,) are complementary, while there is not an ascriptive participle in the letter. ..."

2. The Alternative: A Study in Psychology by Edmund R. Clay (1882)
"I do not risk much in taking for granted the existence of what I shall term ascriptive emotion. Heterogeneous sympathy depends upon ascriptive emotion. ..."

3. Identity?: Theory, Politics, History by Simone Bekker, Rachel Prinsloo (1999)
"At the same time, in order to justify the focus on self-defined identity (as opposed to a focus on ascriptive determinants of behaviour), we need not only ..."

4. Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States by F. Gregory Gause (1994)
"Certain government offices become known for their restrictive hiring policies, as ministers and directors build patronage networks based on ascriptive ties. ..."

5. South African Social Attitudes: Changing Times, Diverse Voices by Stephen P. Rule, Udesh Pillay, Benjamin Roberts (2007)
"This is especially the case in those societies where segmentation and cleavages are based on ascriptive or nearly ascriptive characteristics such as race, ..."

6. Institutional Development in Divided Societies by Bertus De Villiers, Frank Delmartino, André Alen (1998)
"The ascriptive ties inherent in ethnic group identities create a strong sense of ... The ascriptive nature of ethnic ties and a consequent ethnic electoral ..."

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