aspective

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Reflecting one or more aspects, usually of a unified whole, as opposed to a heterogenous…

   Reflecting one or more aspects, usually of a unified whole, as opposed to a heterogenous entity composed of qualitatively different parts.

   • We are holistic, and we are highly aspective.
2. 2

   Pertaining to or supporting grammatical aspect.

   • Intermediate between aspective and inflectional prefixes are the cessatives, and the repetitive (-yi-).
   • When forming an aspective pair in which both verbs have the same meaning, prefixes perform a merely 'aspective' (grammatical) function, often losing their lexical meaning.
3. 3

   Having a fixed symbolic rendition, as opposed to one that represents a particular…

   Having a fixed symbolic rendition, as opposed to one that represents a particular perspective or point of view.

   • Historical events can also be depicted in aspective art but the artist has no alternative scheme to show that this is a non-recurrent event.
   • The transformation of the Greek myths into a tragic representation itself corresponds to the passage from aspective to perspective.
4. ›+ 1 more definitionshow fewer

   1. 4

      The techniques that make art aspective as opposed to perspective.

      • This unusual sketch from the Valley of the Kings depicts a queen or perhaps a goddess riding into battle in a chariot against a male opponent. She and her adversary are driven by smaller charioteers, according to the laws of aspective."

The neighborhood