INTEGRATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does integrative mean? 

• INTEGRATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective INTEGRATIVE has 2 senses:

1. combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole

2. tending to consolidate

  Familiarity information: INTEGRATIVE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTEGRATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole

Similar:

combinative; combinatorial; combinatory (relating to or involving combinations)

compositional (arranging or grouping)

consolidative; unifying (combining into a single unit)

endogenetic; endogenic (of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth)

Also:

collective (forming a whole or aggregate)

combinative; combinatory (marked by or relating to or resulting from combination)

integrated (not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups)

Antonym:

disintegrative (tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts)

Derivation:

integrate (make into a whole or make part of a whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tending to consolidate

Synonyms:

consolidative; integrative

Similar:

centralising; centralizing (tending to draw to a central point)

Derivation:

integrate (make into a whole or make part of a whole)

 Context examples 

CTRF stimulates and funds research relevant to cancer therapy (e.g., new agents, immunotherapy, biological response modifiers, gene therapy), clinical nutrition, quality of life and cancer integrative medicine.

(Cancer Treatment Research Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

This integrative research used innovative technological advancements to bring studies of animal movement from closely controlled conditions in the laboratory into the field, where unsteady and intermittent flows are more the norm.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)

Hence the importance of studies that approach both food‑related disorders from an integrative perspective.

(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)