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generative

Definitions of generative
  1. adjective
    having the ability to produce or originate
    generative power”
    generative forces”
    synonyms: productive
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    antonyms:
    consumptive
    tending to consume or use often wastefully
    exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive
    tending to exploit or make use of
  2. adjective
    producing new life or offspring
    “the reproductive or generative organs”
    fruitful
    productive or conducive to producing in abundance
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