"inversive" meaning in English

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      "form": "more inversive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most inversive",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "inversive geometry"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The sexual revolution was in many ways inversive, turning many older ideas on their heads.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Raritan, volume 3, page 90",
          "text": "In fact, the most inversive of all such moves is Goffman's use of players as models for those involved in serious activities.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Jack Santino, The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland, page 140",
          "text": "The more inversive, peer-oriented, outdoor activities precede Halloween, while the family gatherings, meal, fireworks, and bonfire all take place on Halloween itself.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Of, pertaining to or characterised by inversion."
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪv"
    }
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  "word": "inversive"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "inversive geometry"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more inversive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most inversive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)sɪv"
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          "text": "The sexual revolution was in many ways inversive, turning many older ideas on their heads.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Raritan, volume 3, page 90",
          "text": "In fact, the most inversive of all such moves is Goffman's use of players as models for those involved in serious activities.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Jack Santino, The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland, page 140",
          "text": "The more inversive, peer-oriented, outdoor activities precede Halloween, while the family gatherings, meal, fireworks, and bonfire all take place on Halloween itself.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Of, pertaining to or characterised by inversion."
      ],
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        [
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        ]
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    }
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sɪv"
    }
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  "word": "inversive"
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