Associations to the word «Causative»

Wiktionary

CAUSATIVE, adjective. Acting as a cause
CAUSATIVE, adjective. (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation
CAUSATIVE, noun. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Dictionary definition

CAUSATIVE, adjective. Producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn