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FromFrenchobviatif.^[1] Bysurface analysis,obviate +‎-ive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒbvi.ətɪv/

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obviative (pluralobviatives)

1. (linguistics) Agrammaticalmarker that distinguishes a relatively non-salientreferent in a given context from a relatively salient (proximate) one.

• obviate

obviative (comparativemoreobviative,superlativemostobviative)

1. (linguistics) Relating to such areferent orgrammaticalmarker.

• obviate

• obviatively

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