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"Purposive" is a word that I've never seen used before, but it's actually in the dictionary, and one of the meanings is as a synonym of the more usual "purposef
by greenyoda 5y ago
"Purposive" is a word that I've never seen used before, but it's actually in the dictionary, and one of the meanings is as a synonym of the more usual "purposeful": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposive https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposive
- nate_meurer 5y agoWell I'll be damned. Citations include Aldous Huxley's 1936 "Notes on Propaganda".