Meanings
comparative more corporative · superlative most corporative
- pertaining to a corporation; corporate
- pertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
Since the Middle Ages, France had developed into a ‘society of orders’, that is, an environment in which a complex set of institutions and corporative bodies enjoyed distinct legal status.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 9Synonyms: corporatist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepertaining to corporativism (also called corporatism); based on collective action or responsibility; especially of a state governed by or structured into separate bodies of classes, professions etc.
Origin
- Latincorporātīvus
- Englishcorporative
From Latin corporātīvus, from the participle stem of corporō (“to embody”).
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