recreative

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See also: récréative

English

Adjective

recreative (not comparable)

  1. Being, or pertaining to, recreation.
    • 1892, Occident - Volume 22, page 36:
      Between the two extremes of college men the unsocial dig and the flunking swell, lies the majority, who, acknowledging the duty and merit of hard work, see the value in social and recreative line, but are at somewhat of a loss, seemingly, how to proportionize the time given to the different sides of college life, or how far to allow themselves to go on the more attractive side.
    • 2007 January 13, Allan Kozinn, “Interpreting the Beatles Without Copying”, in New York Times:
      Tribute acts, by contrast, are purely recreative.
  2. Creating anew.
    recreative power

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