exhibitive


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ex·hib·i·tive

(ĭg-zĭb′ĭ-tĭv)
adj.
Tending to exhibit: bird behavior exhibitive of the nest-building instinct.

ex·hib′i·tive·ly adv.
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exhibitive

(ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪv)
adj
(and foll by: of) illustrative or demonstrative: a masterpiece exhibitive of his talent.
exˈhibitively adv
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It is also reiterated here that Aerial firing, harmful fireworks and fatal exhibitive bike riding is strictly prohibited during the festivities.
* Exhibitive function: title can function simply as an advertising or presentation tool.
The audiovisual capabilities of computers enable their use for essentially exhibitive purposes.
Louise Bourgeois had been drawing and sculpting since 1947 but only really engaged in the exhibitive artistic sphere in the early 1970s, when interest in her work took off, triggering a more explicit incursion into feminism and sexuality.
The museum presents the past via nine primary exhibitive
Unless the emphasis on hope promotes engagement with social ills, then not only does "hope" seem insipid, but the concept of "a sacrament of hope" becomes meaningless, since any sacrament must be, in Rahner's terms, "an exhibitive word": it must be able not simply to talk about its subject, but to make it present.
The threat of annihilation to the tree engendering Janie's subjectivity is overridden when "Jodie moved his things and moved downstairs." (80) After this Janie is beginning to really reinscribe space (also via body politics right after his death, as she reclaims her body with her "exhibitive and performative" hairstyle (81)).

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