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noun

Definition of LEGISLATIVE

: the body or department exercising the power and function of legislating : legislature

First Known Use of LEGISLATIVE

1642

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with LEGISLATIVE

carminative, contemplative, copulative, nominative, operative, palliative

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