inversive
adjEtymology From Latin invers-, the past participial stem of invertō, + -ive.
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Of, pertaining to, characterised by, or causing inversion.
- The sexual revolution was in many ways inversive, turning many older ideas on their heads.
- In fact, the most inversive of all such moves is Goffman's use of players as models for those involved in serious activities.1983, Raritan, volume 3, page 90:
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- For example, while the French inversive prefix dé- only attaches to transitive dynamic verbs, HC [Haitian Creole] de- can attach to both transitive and intransitive verbs, whether dynamic or stative.2002, Claire Lefebvre, “The emergence of productive morphology in creole languages: the case of Haitian Creole”, in Geert Booij, Jaap van Marle, editors, Yearbook of Morphology 2002, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, published 2003, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2026, “The morphology of creole languages” section (guest editor: Ingo Plag), page 36:
- The more inversive, peer-oriented, outdoor activities precede Halloween, while the family gatherings, meal, fireworks, and bonfire all take place on Halloween itself.2015, Jack Santino, The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland, page 140:
- Derived terms
- inversive geometry, inversively