appointive
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7.5
- adjective
- /əˈpɔɪntɪv/
- Formal
:
designado
- Many government officials hold appointive positions, which are filled without an election process.
- appointive office
- elective or appointive
So these are not people who are easy to dislodge, and they are people who tend to want their power to be not appointive but hereditary.
- So these are not people who are easy to dislodge, and they are people who tend to want their power to be not appointive but hereditary.
Examples
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The Appointive Cabinet of the Iowa Conference had filed a complaint against the Rev. Anna Blaedel, charging her with practices considered "to be incompatible with Christian teaching.
Academic text (2017) -
We are talking about a Saudi family oligarchy that is so afraid of democracy that, until recently, it did not dare to create even a tame appointive parliament, much less an elective one with any real authority.
Academic text (1992) -
The inherently secret nature of the appointive process and the political nature of that process are both concerns.
Academic text (1998) -
So these are not people who are easy to dislodge, and they are people who tend to want their power to be not appointive but hereditary.
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See Mark A. Behrens & Cary Silverman, The Case for Adopting Appointive Judicial Selection Systems for State Court Judges, 11
Academic text (2009) -
It's a crime that's specifically against 18 U.S.C. 211: US Code - Section 211: Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appointive public office.
Blog text (12) -
Regardless of the source of appointive authority, chairs cannot lead effectively without the support of the department faculty (Hecht et al., 1999) because the majority of the work at an institution of higher education is done by the faculty (Dressel, 1981).
Academic text (2002) -
The appointive seats in the Senate provided conservative forces with a majority in that chamber of the legislature, which forced the administration to negotiate the bill for labor reform with RN point by point (Que Pasa, 1990b).
Academic text (1992) -
The board announced that the new director would be appointed to an appointive position starting next month.
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After years of service, she was recognized for her work in appointive roles within the committee.
Synonyms
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4.4
Not chosen by people in an election
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A position that is filled by appointment instead of by vote
A position filled by appointment rather than by election
A position filled by appointment instead of by election
Chosen by being named to a position rather than by vote
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Appointive comes from appoint, which comes from old words meaning 'to place' or 'put someone into a role', plus the ending -ive meaning 'relating to'. So, an appointive job is one that is 'placed' or given to someone by appointment rather than chosen by vote.