| ABSTERSIVE | • abstersive adj. Cleansing; purging; abstergent. • abstersive n. (Now rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent. • ABSTERSIVE adj. serving to cleanse or purge. |
| ANTISUBVERSIVE | • antisubversive adj. (Politics) Opposing or countering political subversion. • antisubversive n. One who opposes political subversion. • ANTISUBVERSIVE adj. opposed to subversion. |
| ASPERSIVE | • aspersive adj. Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. • ASPERSIVE adj. tending to asperse, defamatory. |
| AVERSIVE | • aversive adj. Tending to repel, causing avoidance (Of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.). • aversive n. (Grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case. • aversive n. (Psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour. |
| DETERSIVE | • detersive adj. Having cleansing abilities. • detersive n. A cleansing agent; a detergent. • DETERSIVE adj. cleansing. |
| DISPERSIVE | • dispersive adj. That becomes dispersed. • dispersive adj. That causes dispersion. • DISPERSIVE adj. tending to disperse. |
| EXTRAVERSIVE | • EXTRAVERSIVE adj. turning outwards. |
| EXTROVERSIVE | • extroversive adj. (Psychology) Synonym of extroverted. • EXTROVERSIVE adj. characterised by extroversion. |
| IMMERSIVE | • immersive adj. Tending to immerse. • immersive adj. Giving the impression of immersion. • IMMERSIVE adj. providing stimulation for a number of senses, not just sight and sound. |
| INTROVERSIVE | • introversive adj. Introverting; turning inward. • introversive adj. (Psychology) introverted. • INTROVERSIVE adj. related to introversion. |
| INVERSIVE | • inversive adj. Of, pertaining to or characterised by inversion. • INVERSIVE adj. tending to invert. |
| NONDISPERSIVE | • nondispersive adj. Not dispersive. • NONDISPERSIVE adj. not dispersive. |
| PERVERSIVE | • perversive adj. Tending to pervert. • PERVERSIVE adj. tending to pervert. |
| SUBVERSIVE | • subversive adj. Intending to subvert, overturn or undermine a government or authority. • subversive n. A radical supporter of political or social revolution. • SUBVERSIVE adj. tending to subvert. |