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distortive en · ADJ

Etymology

From distort + -ive.

Meanings

  1. Causing distortion.
    • She added, “No amount of distortive rhetoric or advertising will cause the governor to back down from the core reforms and necessary reality check embodied in this budget.” 2007 March 9, Danny Hakim, “Rangel Tells State’s Delegation That Spitzer Is Too Combative”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most distortive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more distortive Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

distortiveness · nondistortive · distortively · antiferrodistortive · ferrodistortive