isolative

adj

Etymology

From isolate + -ive.

  1. derived from īnsulatus
  2. derived from isolato
  3. derived from isolé
  4. suffixed as isolative — “isolate + ive

Definitions

  1. Relating to, characterized by, or causing isolation.

    • It's when the computer becomes socially isolative that there's a problem.
    • Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.
    • [W]hile children will tend to watch things that adults do not want them to, TV’s isolative effects are a greater danger.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for isolative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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