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Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton. Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and

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Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton. Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate. (more info) 1. Tending to regulate; regulating. Whewell.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REGULATIVE)

• Corrective
• Regulative
• alterative
• preventative
• restorative
• Discreet
• Discerning
• wise
• prudent
• circumspect
• cautious
• wary
• regulative
• sensible
• judicious

Related words: (words related to REGULATIVE)

• DISCERNANCE
  Discernment.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• CIRCUMSPECTNESS
  Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution. forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. Sir H. Wotton.
• RESTORATIVELY
  In a restorative manner.
• DISCERNINGLY
  In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth.
• DISCERNMENT
  1. The act of discerning. 2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness;
• DISCERN
  1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish. To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. Boyle. A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern
• JUDICIOUS
  Of or relating to a court; judicial. His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak. 2. Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet. He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The
• JUDICIOUSLY
  In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.
• CAUTIOUSNESS
  The quality of being cautious.
• DISCERNIBLENESS
  The quality of being discernible.
• PRUDENT
  1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or
• CIRCUMSPECTIVE
  Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.
• DISCERNIBLY
  In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond.
• SENSIBLENESS
  1. The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility. "The sensibleness of the eye." Sharp. "Sensibleness and sorrow for sin." Hammond. The sensibleness of the divine presence. Hallywell.
• SENSIBLE
  1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; sensible resistance. Air is sensible to the touch by its
• PRUDENTIAL
  1. Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives. " A prudential line of conduct." Sir W. Scott.
• PRUDENTIALIST
  One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. Coleridge.
• DISCERNIBLE
  Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last
• CIRCUMSPECT
  Attentive to all the circustances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary. Syn. -- See Cautious. (more info) look about one's self, to observe; circum + spicere, specere, to
• INSENSIBLENESS
  Insensibility. Bp. Hall.
• INCAUTIOUS
  Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis.
• IMPRUDENT
  Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- Im*pru"dent*ly, adv. Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. Strype. Syn.
• INDISCREET
  Not discreet; wanting in discretion. So drunken, and so indiscreet an officer. Shak. Syn. -- Imprudent; injudicious; inconsiderate; rash; hasty; incautious; heedless; undiscerning; foolish. -- In`dis*creet"ly, adv. -- In`dis*creet"ness, n. (more
• SUPERSENSIBLE
  Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
• JURISPRUDENT
  Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence. G. West.
• UNPRUDENTIAL
  Imprudent. "The most unwise and unprudential act." Milton.