substitutive
adjective
sub·sti·tu·tive
ˈsəb-stə-ˌtü-tiv 
-ˌtyü-
: serving or suitable as a substitute
substitutively
adverb
Examples of substitutive in a Sentence
his recent religious fanaticism is only the latest substitutive addiction of a person with an addictive personality
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This kind of substitutive logic appears in early case histories of anorexia.
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Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
This simple, substitutive kind of automation, Mr. Acemoglu and Mr. Restrepo wrote, threatens not just individual workers, but the economy as a whole.
—New York Times, 6 Mar. 2021
Somewhere along the line, a foundational philosophy emerged: Identity is additive, not substitutive.
—Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 20 July 2017
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Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
This simple, substitutive kind of automation, Mr. Acemoglu and Mr. Restrepo wrote, threatens not just individual workers, but the economy as a whole.
—New York Times, 6 Mar. 2021
Somewhere along the line, a foundational philosophy emerged: Identity is additive, not substitutive.
—Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 20 July 2017
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substitutive
adjective
sub·sti·tu·tive
ˈsəb-stə-ˌt(y)üt-iv
: serving or suitable as a substitute
substitutive behavior
substitutively
adverb
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