educative

[ ej-oo-key-tiv ]

/ ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪ tɪv /

serving to educate: educative knowledge.

pertaining to or productive of education.

Origin of educative

First recorded in 1835–45; educate + -ive

non·ed·u·ca·tive, adjective o·ver·ed·u·ca·tive, adjective o·ver·ed·u·ca·tive·ly, adverb un·ed·u·ca·tive, adjective

There is more or less effort to discredit books as educative tools and to lay emphasis on oral instruction and manual training.

A Librarian's Open Shelf |Arthur E. Bostwick
The results of this spirit are shown in social and educative agencies like Lodges and the local branches of the Farm Bureau.

The Church on the Changing Frontier |Helen O. Belknap
We have great faith in the educative effect of justice, and a firm administration of law.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899 |Various
Now, if the child had no memory, the process would not be educative.

Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals |William James

One great advantage of this system of local government is its educative effect upon the citizens.

Government in the United States |James Wilford Garner

educative

/ (ˈɛdjʊkətɪv) /

producing or resulting in education an educative experience