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calculative

calculative

1 7.7
Planning actions carefully to gain personal advantage
  • adjective
  • /ˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪ.tɪv/
translation icon : calculador
  • In her negotiative style, she was always calculative, aiming to secure the best deal for herself.
  • calculative commitment

We are business minded, we are calculative, we are ideators.

Examples

  • Being calculative in her decisions, she carefully weighed the pros and cons before accepting the job offer.

  • The results showed a relatively small but significant positive relationship between overall work environment and calculative commitment.

    Academic text (2016)

  • We are business minded, we are calculative, we are ideators.

    First We Feast

  • Henry the Seventh was a man who seems by all accounts of him to have been of a cold, somewhat detached, calculative, suspicious temperament.

  • As described by Penley and Gould (1988), calculative commitment is an instrumental form essentially focused on one's satisfaction with the exchange relationship.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Results indicate that perceptions of the work environment are significantly and positively correlated with moral and calculative commitment, and significantly and negatively correlated with alienative commitment.

    Academic text (2016)

  • His calculative approach to investments allowed him to grow his wealth significantly over the years.

Synonyms

shrewd
vscalculative
50 4.7

Good at judging situations and making smart business decisions

focuses on careful planning and goal intent rather than quick practical judgment
calculating
vscalculative
6.4

A person who carefully plans actions to get what they want, often without caring about others

is careful and goal oriented but may lack explicit selfish or shrewd tone
calculated
vscalculative
4.7

Planned carefully to get a particular result

focuses on careful intention for a goal, often with self interest
computative
vscalculative
8.2

A person who plans and decides in a practical, not emotional way

is goal oriented and often motivated by self interest rather than neutral calculation

Antonyms

spontaneous
187 4.2

Happening naturally without planning or outside cause

impulsive
78 4.4

Acting suddenly without careful thought because of a strong feeling

How Calculating

scheming
1 6.2
manipulative
83 7.3
calculative
1 7.7
thoughtful
68 2.6
spontaneous
187 4.2

Surface Forms

calculative positive

Morphology

calculative = calculate (transparent) = calculate + ive

A straightforward adjectival formation from the verb 'calculate' with the productive suffix '-ive', producing the sense 'given to calculating/planning'.

Etymology

Calculative comes from calculate, and you can see the same root in calculator; this goes back to the Latin calculus, a 'small stone' once used for counting. So to be calculative is to 'count' and plan your steps carefully, often to get a benefit for yourself.