dominative

English

Etymology

From dominate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

dominative (comparative more dominative, superlative most dominative)

1. Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
   • 1969, Lois N. Nelson, The nature of teaching: a collection of readings:

     A sustained dominative pattern was consistently disliked by pupils, reduced their ability to recall, later on, the material studied, and produced disruptive anxiety as indicated by galvanic skin response and changes in the heartbeat rates.

Derived terms

• nondominative

 

Anagrams

• admonitive