"eliminative" meaning in English

See eliminative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more eliminative [comparative], most eliminative [superlative]
Etymology: From eliminate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eliminate|ive}} eliminate + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} eliminative (comparative more eliminative, superlative most eliminative)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or producing elimination Derived forms: eliminative materialism, eliminativism, eliminativist, eliminativistic
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