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harassive

adj

Etymology

From harass + -ive.

  1. derived from *ḱe✻ — “here; this”
  2. derived from *hē₂r✻ — “here, in this place”
  3. derived from *hara✻ — “here, hither”
  4. derived from harer — “to set a dog on”
  5. derived from harasser — “to exhaust, tire out, wear out; to harry, torment, vex”
  6. suffixed as harassive — “harass + ive”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by the tendency to harass

    Characterized by the tendency to harass; tending to harass; constituting or pertaining to harassment.

    • Specifically, former Supervisor (Christie) indicated having "warned" Grievant J_ about his harassive behavior toward the female approximately three (3) to four (4) months prior to her submission of the complaint.
    • The hypothesis that women generally perceive sexually harassive conduct in the workplace to be unacceptable is clearly supported by these results.
    • A set of jointly necessary and sufficient conditions of sexual harassment are defended which purport to capture the more subtle instances of sexual harassment while circumventing those sexual advances that are not sexually harassive.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA