ascriptive

ascriptive
ascrip·tive

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  • ascriptive — [ə skrip′tiv] adj. designating a society, group, etc. in which status is based on a predetermined factor, as age, sex, or race, and not on individual achievement ascriptively adv …   English World dictionary

  • ascriptive — əˈskriptiv also aˈ adjective Etymology: Latin ascriptivus, adscriptvus, from ascriptus, adscriptus + ivus ive : relating to or involving ascription; specifically : entailing elements that attribute or impute rather than factually describe some… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • ascriptive — adjective Date: 1650 relating to, marked by, or involving ascription …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ascriptive — ascriptively, adv. /euh skrip tiv/, adj. pertaining to, involving, or indicating ascription, esp. the attribution of qualities or characteristics. [1640 50; ASCRIPT(ION) + IVE; cf. L a(d)scriptivus supernumerary, DESCRIPTIVE, PROSCRIPTIVE] * * * …   Universalium

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  • ascriptive — as•crip•tive [[t]əˈskrɪp tɪv[/t]] adj. cvb pertaining to, involving, or indicating ascription • Etymology: 1640–50 as•crip′tive•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

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  • Unequal exchange — is a much disputed concept, used preferably in Marxian economics but also in ecological economics to denote forms of exploitation hidden in, or underwriting trade. Originating, in the wake of the debate on the Singer Prebisch thesis, as an… …   Wikipedia

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