interventive
Pronunciations
-
/ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/
Pronunciation notes
- US
Adjective
Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening.
- Related words
- Examples
-
More examples (1)
The Laws, or Interventive Regulations, obviate or decide disputes, between players, respecting punctilios in placing the board and pieces, and limit the penalties for irregularities.
In a hospital setting, midwives are following protocols that are part of a more interventive model of care.
More examples (1)
His opposition to same-sex marriage rests upon two familiar conservative notions: the view that interventive “protection” rather than encouragement is the best way to bolster the presumably threatened institution of marriage […].
Word forms
more interventivemost interventive