determinative

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
noun a determining or causal element or factor
adjective having the power or quality of deciding

From Middle French déterminatif. Equivalent to determine + -ative.

It would be more correct to say the most hairy of his sons, as hirsute qualifications are far more weighty and essential determinatives than questions of primogeniture. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
Space, therefore, cannot be regarded as absolutely and in itself something determinative of the existence of things, because it is not itself an object, but only the form of possible objects. — The Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant

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