Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Subject to appointment: Describes a position, office, or role that is filled through the process of appointment, rather than by election or inheritance.
   • Relating to the act of appointing: Pertaining to or involving the power, process, or authority to appoint someone to a position.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The ambassador holds an appointive position, selected by the president.
  • Judges in some countries have appointive, not elective, terms of office.
  • The committee discussed the appointive powers granted to the new director.

Advanced Usage

• "Appointive authority": The power or right to make appointments.

  • The constitution defines the appointive authority of the prime minister.

• "Appointive process": The procedure or system used for making appointments.

  • Transparency in the appointive process is crucial for public trust.

Variants and Related Words

• Appoint (verb): To assign a job or role to someone.

  • The board will appoint a new chairperson next week.

• Appointee (noun): A person who is appointed to a position.

  • The new appointee will start her duties next month.

• Appointment (noun): The act of appointing or the state of being appointed; also, a job or position to which one is appointed.

  • Her appointment as CEO was announced yesterday.

Synonyms

• Nominative: (In specific contexts) Pertaining to or involving nomination or appointment.
• Non-elective: Not filled by election.

Antonyms

• Elective: Filled or chosen by election.
• Hereditary: Passed down by inheritance.

Adjective

1. subject to appointment
2. relating to the act of appointing
   • appointive powers