Appointive
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adjective.
Relating to or filled by appointment.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to appointment; appointing: as, the
appointive
power of the President.
Dependent upon the exercise of the power or right to appoint; filled by appointment: opposed to
elective
: as,
appointive
offices.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Subject to appointment.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
of, pertaining to, or filled by
appointment
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
relating to the act of appointing
adjective.
subject to appointment
Word Usage
"And those numbers don't include blacks in appointive office."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
elective
Equivalent
nominated
nominative
non-elective
nonelected
nonelective
Same Context
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