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adj- Not dependent on phonetic environment.

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Usage examples (7)
  • The language of Breakness was basically "isolative," but unique in that it derived entirely from the speaker: that is to say, the speaker was the frame of reference upon...
  • Fisherprice considered my case isolative and not worthy of investigating further seeing that all their "Elmo's" appeared to sound appropriate but I asked several people...
  • For an extravert, I am always surprised how all my hobbies are very isolative in nature.
  • Both seem to provide rigorous social separation between those of the culture and those not of the culture, and these isolative factors tended to be self reinforcing.
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