clarificatory, a.
(ˈklærɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ)
[f. late L. clārificāre (see clarify v.), on type of L. adjs. in -orius: see -ory.]
Tending to, having the purpose of, or relating to, clarification (1 b).
| 1945 Proc. Arist. Soc. Suppl. Vol. XIX. 4 Such is the programme of analytic or clarificatory philosophy. Ibid. 6 The clarificatory conception of Philosophy need not be stated in a linguistic form at all. Ibid. 8 The clarificatory philosophers or the inter-war period. 1956 G. Ryle in A. J. Ayer Revol. in Philos. 5 The propositions of Formal Logic..are..clarificatory of those propositions that are informative about the world. |