descriptive
Example Sentences
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"In short, investigating fanaticism is not merely descriptive -- it is developmentally informed prevention that protects public health and strengthens democratic cohesion. When we discuss fanaticism, the facts speak for themselves."
From Science Daily
It’s a little cute, but it’s very descriptive, but it’s also a wonderful place to be.
From Salon
It was purely descriptive: a recognition that social and cultural factors shape human behavior.
Previously, researchers could only search for descriptive metadata and then had to download the full datasets to access raw sequences.
From Science Daily
In a bid to purge subjectivity, the definitions were written in a style that was minutely descriptive but might charitably be called ungainly.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
