incorporative
/in'kɔ:pəreitiv/
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The company adopted an incorporative strategy by merging with a smaller competitor.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Characterized by or involving incorporation: Describes something that has the quality of incorporating, uniting, or merging separate elements into a single whole.
- Tending to incorporate or absorb: Describes an entity or process that actively takes in and assimilates other things, making them part of itself.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The company's incorporative strategy focused on acquiring smaller startups to expand its technology portfolio.
- The incorporative nature of the language allowed it to absorb many loanwords from neighboring cultures.
- The Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state, growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories.
Advanced Usage
- In a linguistic context: Describes a language typology where complex words, especially verbs, can incorporate nouns, pronouns, or other elements to form a single word.
- Some Native American languages, like Mohawk, are highly incorporative.
- In a business/organizational context: Describes a policy or culture that actively seeks to include and integrate diverse elements.
- The firm's incorporative approach to talent management helped it build a highly skilled, diverse team.
Variants and Related Words
- Incorporate (verb): To take in or include something as part of a whole; to form into a legal corporation.
- The new design will incorporate feedback from our users.
- Incorporation (noun): The action of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- The incorporation of the two departments led to greater efficiency.
- Incorporated (adjective): Formed into a legal corporation; often abbreviated as "Inc."
- Apple Inc. is a publicly incorporated company.
Synonyms
- Absorptive: Having the ability to absorb or take in.
- Assimilative: Tending to assimilate or make similar.
- Integrative: Serving to integrate or bring together.
- Unifying: Making or becoming united.
Antonyms
- Exclusive: Restricted to a particular group; not admitting other things.
- Divisive: Tending to cause disagreement or disunity.
- Separative: Causing or involving separation.
The company adopted an incorporative strategy by merging with a smaller competitor.
Adjective
- growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories
- the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state