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correlative

correlative

1 7.7
One of two things that match or depend on each other
  • noun
  • /kəˈrɛlətɪv/
translation icon : correlativo
  • The mode of language correlative to consciousness is meaning.
  • objective correlative

But all of them will indeed have correlatives.

Examples

  • Arbitrary and differential are two correlative qualities.

  • You have a double precisely because you have a correlative half, and vice versa.

  • Under Byron's gaze, the female body has consequence only as the correlative of male desire.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In the Western tradition, he described legal relations in terms of various opposites and correlatives.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Verguenza requires, as its logical correlative, recogimiento or seclusion.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Textual cohesion is the semantic correlative to mode in semiotics.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The first is the I-based nature of Pizarnik's poetry, a correlative of the individual's perceived schizophrenia and the imperative to plumb it.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The concepts of supply and demand are correlative in economics, influencing each other constantly.

  • In grammar, conjunctions like 'either' and 'or' serve as correlatives that link related ideas.

  • Joy and sadness are often seen as correlative emotions that enhance our understanding of the human experience.

Synonyms

correlate
vscorrelative
  • Specialized
2 7.0

A thing that is closely connected to another and changes with it

is a broader complementary relation not limited to joint value change
associate
vscorrelative
2 4.4

Something that happens at the same time as another thing

focuses on pairing or correspondence rather than merely occurring together

Surface Forms

correlative singular
correlatives plural

Morphology

correlative = correlative (semi-transparent) = cor + relate + ive

The noun is a straightforward substantivization of the adjective 'correlative', whose structure is itself transparently built from 'cor' + 'relate' + 'ive'.

Etymology

The word correlative comes from the parts co- ('together') and relate ('to link'). Think of a 'correlative' as one half of a matching pair that belongs with the other half, so each correlative matches and completes the other, like the two words in 'either...or'.