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appointive
adjective as in electoral
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Paterson—the father of recent Governor David Paterson—was a high-octane lawyer who held a number of appointive positions.
With one necessary exception all offices are appointive and the tenure of all except that is the same.
Incumbents holding appointive offices were in a state of dread.
He declared with great feeling that he would never accept another appointive civil office.
In practice they were largely self-appointive and were responsible for filling most local offices.
This was one of the most important appointive offices in the State Administration.
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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to appointive, such as: elective, appointing, by vote, constituent, discretionary, and selecting.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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