dissolutive
- adjective
- /dɪˈzɑːlətɪv/
- Formal
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disolutivo
- The dissolutive nature of the chemical caused the substance to break down rapidly.
Examples
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Incest avoidance appears to be a strong dissolutive force in social evolution, at least when mating occurs at or close to home.
Academic text (2008) -
For the binding effects of group selection to outweigh the dissolutive effects of individual direct selection, the candidate insect species evidently must have only a very short evolutionary distance to travel, such that no more than a very small number of emergent traits are needed to form a eusocial colony.
Academic text (2008) -
His arguments served as a dissolutive factor in the debate, leading to the group's disbandment.
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The dissolutive process of the medication worked quickly, easing the pain within minutes.
Synonyms
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Causing things to break into smaller parts
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
dissolutive = dissolve (semi-transparent) = dissolut + ive
The adjective is formed by a regular suffixation pattern, but the stem appears as 'dissolut-' (different from the standalone verb form 'dissolve'), which may obscure the relation for learners.
Etymology
Dissolutive comes from Latin parts dis- meaning 'apart' and solvere meaning 'to loosen', and it shares the same root as dissolve and solution. So, dissolutive means 'causing something to break apart or end'.