Associations to the word «Substitutive»

Wiktionary

SUBSTITUTIVE, adjective. Characteristic of, or serving as a substitute
SUBSTITUTIVE NOMENCLATURE, noun. (organic chemistry) A system for naming organic compounds in which a functional group is used either as a prefix or a suffix to the name of a parent compound e.g. trinitrotoluene or benzenesulfonic acid

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky