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adjustive

adjustive

7.5
Helping someone or something fit new conditions
  • adjective
  • /əˈdʒʌstɪv/
translation icon : adaptativo
  • Thus, family behavior is an adjustive process where cues are given and individual members respond to those stimuli.

Examples

  • The training program includes adjustive techniques that help participants learn at their own pace.

  • The therapist provided adjustive strategies to help the child adapt to new social environments.

  • Adjustive measures were taken to ensure that the software functions efficiently across different platforms.

Synonyms

adaptive
vsadjustive
33 4.9

Able to change to fit new conditions

assists adjustment rather than merely being able to change
corrective
vsadjustive
27 5.2

Made to fix a problem or fault

aims to cause adjustment rather than only correcting faults
adaptable
vsadjustive
23 3.4

Able to change to fit new situations

helps bring about adjustment rather than just being changeable
accommodating
vsadjustive
17 4.8

Willing to help others and change plans for them

helps cause adjustment rather than merely pleasing others
accommodative
vsadjustive
2 6.8

Ready to change or compromise to help others and keep peace

helps bring about adjustment for others through compromise and change
adaptational
vsadjustive
  • Specialized
7.2

Relating to changes that help a plant, animal, or person survive

promotes adjustment actively rather than describing its result
adaptative
vsadjustive
7.5

Able to change to fit new conditions

helps produce adjustment instead of just having capacity to change

Antonyms

disruptive
57 5.8

Causing trouble that interrupts normal activity

Surface Forms

adjustive positive

Morphology

adjustive = adjust (transparent) = adjust + ive

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-ive' added to the verb 'adjust', yielding 'tending to adjust' which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Adjustive comes from adjust and the ending -ive, and adjust originally meant 'to make right' and is related to the common word just, which means 'right'. So something adjustive helps 'make things right' or helps people adapt, which is why we use it for methods or environments that help people change.