Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Explanatory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Explanatory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Explanatory.
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- adjective That serves to
explain ;explanatory
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Examples
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StevenAttewell: Thanks for the reasoned and explanative response.
Matthew Yglesias » Linda Chavez Sees Social Democracy Around the Corner 2009
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Economics is dominated by Calculus when it really needs to have a graph theory aka network theory, vertices and edges component to be explanative and predictive today.
Value and Exchange, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He admits that even a descriptive psychology will seek to explicate the causal relationships of life, but that it must differ from explanative psychology by not trying to
Wilhelm Dilthey Makkreel, Rudolf 2008
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Primarily because RM-NS is no longer considered satisfactorily explanative of the mechanisms or processes of biological evolution.
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CSI is a reliable indicator for intelligent design. not this argument but dembski argument Intelligent design is causally explanative of CSI.
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CSI is a reliable indicator for intelligent design. not this argument but dembski argument Intelligent design is causally explanative of CSI.
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I cannot prove to you that evolution is the best, most explanative theory.
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The theory of evolution has arisen as the most explanative theory science has to offer.
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Damn ... that is powerful symbolism, and I'm tempted to use it as explanative since it far beats the actual story.
American Coastopia! 2004
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And so we must think of this, "she continued, eagerly explanative;" we must be loyal to him, you and I, as the first of all our duties.
The Wild Olive Basil King 1893
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