Definition of "substantives" []

• Plural form of substantive. (noun)

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• "According to the OED, this “- general” has sometimes been attached playfully to ordinary substantives, e.g. Mr. Chad, “lover general at The Hague”; and the “assumption that και in the N.T., as ו in Hebrew, was the conjunction-general,” etc."
• "In B, numbers are names or substantives; 2 of something is different in kind than 5 of something."
• "Our AAA colleagues likely will tell us the U.S. democracy and economy will not grow with approaches that celebrate structural changes over substantives changes."