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integrative

integrative

7 6.9
Helping bring different parts together into one whole
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪntɪɡrətɪv/
translation icon : integrador
  • Moreover, there is growing evidence that integrative instruction enhances learning.
  • integrative education
  • integrative approach
  • integrative negotiation

My assumption is that these things need to be kind of handled in an integrative way together.

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Examples

  • Some are restricted to a narrow focus, while others have a broad, integrative picture.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Yet little, if anything, was specifically mentioned about integrative economic development.

    Academic text (1992)
  • A second explanation is that social work education does not actually teach integrative practice.

    Academic text (2008)
  • But his integrative and psychiatric training makes him a perfect person to talk to about all of the things we just mentioned.

  • My assumption is that these things need to be kind of handled in an integrative way together.

  • We think the integrative system works to build and support fluency in the following way.

  • Is there any reason to believe integrative STEM education practices might emerge in the decades ahead?

    Academic text (2008)
  • Information exchange is an important dimension of integrative negotiation behavior in this context.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Therein lies the real potential and promise of integrative STEM education.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Many people find that integrative therapies can improve their overall health and well-being.

Synonyms

unifying
vsintegrative
4 3.7

Brings people or things together into one group

serves to join separate elements to make one whole
integrated
vsintegrative
2 3.8

Having different parts that work together as one

serves to join separate elements rather than label the finished state
consolidative
vsintegrative
8.0

Tending to join several things into one unit

serves to join different elements directly rather than only producing a single unit

Antonyms

Causing things to break into smaller parts

How Integrative

holistic
46 5.8
integrative
7 6.9
unifying
4 3.7
combining
2.4

Surface Forms

integrative positive

Morphology

integrative = integrate (transparent) = integrate + ive

The adjective is clearly formed by adding the productive suffix '-ive' to the verb 'integrate', so its meaning ('serving to combine') is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word integrative comes from integrate, which is built on the root integr- meaning 'whole', the same root you see in integrity and entire. So integrative describes something that 'brings different parts together into one whole', which is why an integrative policy or approach joins many elements into a single system.