Meanings
adjectivecircumventive (comparative more circumventive, superlative most circumventive)
comparative more circumventive · superlative most circumventive
- evading or overcoming some protective measure.
A circumventive unauthorised user was accessing secure information.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
- Ancient Greekκίρκος (kírkos)
- Latincircus
- Latincircum
- Latincircum-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
- Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
- Latinveniō
- Latincircumveniō
- Englishcircumvent
- Englishcircumventive
From circumvent + -ive.
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APA
circumventive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumventive
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“circumventive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumventive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumventive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumventive.
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