distributive
- adjective
- /dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv/
- 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?
- But is the ACA part of distributive justice?
- And he came up with this theorem, you know, during the party and it, and it's a distributive lattice.
- But what's wonderful about it is that you can actually go through these distributive, you know, welfare gains and losses types of calculations.
Examples
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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.
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You know, a lot of these things come down to distributive justice in a way.
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So we have a world in which they have to be political choices about distributive questions.
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In Greek thought, justice is largely viewed as being retributive and distributive, as giving people their due.
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The aim of this study was to apply the distributive justice theory of relative deprivation to preferential selection.
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Scholars like Lebret factored concerns for distributive justice and meeting basic needs into their theories.
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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
Compounds
- Specialized
A dangerous state where blood does not reach parts of the body because small blood vessels become too wide
How Processive
- Specialized
Surface Forms
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.