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Synonyms & Antonyms of purposive
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing
- facial tics and other unconscious movements that one would not normally call purposive actions
Synonyms for purposive
- conscious,
- deliberate,
- intended,
- intentional,
- knowing,
- purposeful,
- set,
- voluntary,
- willed,
- willful
- (or wilful),
- witting
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The first known use of purposive was in 1849
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