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correlative

[ kuh-rel-uh-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

so related that each implies or complements the other.
being in correlation; mutually related.
Grammar. answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or, not only and but.
Biology. (of a typical structure of an organism) found in correlation with another.

correlative

/ kɒˈrɛlətɪv /

in mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship; corresponding
denoting words, usually conjunctions, occurring together though not adjacently in certain grammatical constructions, as for example neither and nor in such sentences as he neither ate nor drank

From the Medieval Latin word correlātīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See cor-, relative

To hell with seven types of ambiguity, the objective correlative, and the anxiety of influence.

The fear of losing her increased his passion for her, and made him hate his rival with correlative fervor.

We might answer that the actualization of him who acts is simply present in such a thing (without correlative reaction).

It is correlative with black, which is the opposite extreme of neutrality.

Where she might have rejoiced in the correlative claims bestowed upon her, she nourished only complaint.

Potentiality and actuality are correlative terms corresponding to matter and form.

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[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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