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insert +‎ -ive

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insertive (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to insertion, especially in regard to sexual acts.
    • 1997, Gary David Comstock, Susan E. Henking, Que(e)rying Religion: A Critical Anthology, →ISBN, page 401:
      The insertive partner or the receptive one?
    • 2002, Ann O'Leary, Beyond Condoms: Alternative Approaches to HIV Prevention, →ISBN, page 182:
      It is possible that a larger proportion of infections may be attributable to insertive anal intercourse at this time compared to earlier in the epidemic.
    • 2013, G. C. Harcourt, Peter Kriesler, The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 1, →ISBN:
      Insertive interdisciplinary applications are an important element in the development and longevity of a school of thought, a fact that PKE seems to have missed.
    • 2013, Issues in Chemistry and General Chemical Research, →ISBN:
      The Ln-N s-bond insertive mechanism prevails for the examined intramolecular hydroamination of (4E,6)-heptadienylamine 1t by [Cp*(2)La-CH(TMS)(2)] starting material 2.

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