What is another word for regulative?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈɛɡjuːlətˌɪv] (IPA)

Regulative refers to something that is designed to regulate or control. There are several synonyms for the word, including regulatory, governing, supervisory, controlling, managing, directing, overseeing, administering, and ruling. All of these words imply a sense of authority and responsibility, indicating an active role in guiding or managing a process or system. Other related words include prescriptive, authoritative, presiding, and guiding. When used in the context of business or government, regulations are essential for ensuring compliance with established policies and procedures. In contrast, when used in the context of personal behavior or moral conduct, regulative suggests a sense of conscience or self-control.

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What are the opposite words for regulative?

Regulative refers to something that controls or governs something else. The opposite of regulative is permissive which means lenient or allowing freedom. Permissive processes, unlike regulative processes, do not establish clear boundaries, rules or protocols. Another antonym for regulative is unregulated which means lacking a system of rules or lacking restrictions. An example of an unregulated process can be a self-regulating ecosystem. Flexible is another antonym of regulative, which allows for adaptability and encourages innovation, while regulative processes seek to establish conformity by enforcing a set of rules. Other antonyms for regulative could include liberal, unconstrained, and unrestrained.

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Usage examples for Regulative

This regulative effect on temperature is partly due to the stores of water held by peat.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson
This he calls regulative truth, as opposed to speculative truth.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke
Mr. Mansel declares that our religious knowledge is regulative, but not speculative.
"Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors"
James Freeman Clarke

Famous quotes with Regulative

  • We have never yet had upon the earth a society representing on any large scale, the principles of the teaching of Jesus. We have had many societies, whose main reliance was on military force; many societies resting upon slavery or serfdom; many societies founded on feudal distinctions of ruling and serving classes; many societies whose regulative principle was competition, or a struggle for advantage and mastery; but we have never yet seen a society which rested upon the law of brotherhood and the principle of service.
    Washington Gladden

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