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distributive

distributive

2 7.0
Relating to giving things out to people or places
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv/
translation icon : distributivo
  • On one level, the global water crisis is a growing issue of distributive justice.
  • distributive justice
  • distributive policy
  • distributive equity

But is the ACA part of distributive justice?

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Examples

  • Equality of agency has to meet with equality of distributive justice and fairness.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The state was able to play a distributive role thanks to substantial oil revenues.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Today we turn to the question of distributive justice.

  • You know, a lot of these things come down to distributive justice in a way.

  • So we have a world in which they have to be political choices about distributive questions.

  • In Greek thought, justice is largely viewed as being retributive and distributive, as giving people their due.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The aim of this study was to apply the distributive justice theory of relative deprivation to preferential selection.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Scholars like Lebret factored concerns for distributive justice and meeting basic needs into their theories.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Thus, decentralized trade fortifies the distributive effects from national deregulation in these two countries.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The government implemented a distributive policy to ensure resources were shared fairly among all citizens.

Antonyms

concentrative
  • Specialized
1 7.5

That makes a liquid or mixture stronger by removing water

Compounds

distributive shock
  • Specialized
8.1

A dangerous state where blood does not reach parts of the body because small blood vessels become too wide

How Processive

processive
  • Specialized
9.6
distributive
2 7.0

Surface Forms

distributive positive

Morphology

distributive = distribute (transparent) = distribute + ive

Clear adjectival formation from the verb 'distribute' using the productive suffix '-ive' meaning 'relating to' or 'serving to'.

Etymology

Distributive comes from the parts dis- meaning 'apart' and tribuere meaning 'to give'. The same root is in distribute, so something distributive is about giving out or sending things to different people or places.