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English
Etymology
From evaluate + -ive.
Pronunciation
Adjective
evaluative (comparative more evaluative, superlative most evaluative)
- Relating to the assignment of value to a person, thing, or event.
1991 August 31, Dawn Schmitz, quoting Ed Hershey, “Homophobe Loses Libel Lawsuit”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 2:The college's position has always been that the opinion of students and colleagues was an important part of the evaluative process leading to tenure decisions.
- judgmental; tending to reduce a thing to a simple evaluation.
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
evaluative
- inflection of evaluativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular