obviative
adjEtymology From French obviatif. By surface analysis, obviate + -ive.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Relating to such a referent or grammatical marker.
- Synonyms
- obviate
- Derived terms
- obviatively
- Related terms
- proximate
obviative
noun/ˈɒbvi.ətɪv/
Etymology From French obviatif. By surface analysis, obviate + -ive.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively non-salient referent in a given context from a relatively salient (proximate) one.
- Synonyms
- obviate