Jacob Campbell
Dr. Jacob Campbell, LICSW

I'm a father, husband, and educator committed to growing as a person and creating change for those with less power. I serve as an Associate Professor of Social Work at Heritage University. My work spans school social work, mental health, and youth with behavioral challenges. I'm passionate about educational innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and supporting students in becoming effective change agents.

Jacob Campbell
Dr. Jacob Campbell, LICSW

I'm a father, husband, and educator committed to growing as a person and creating change for those with less power. I serve as an Associate Professor of Social Work at Heritage University. My work spans school social work, mental health, and youth with behavioral challenges. I'm passionate about educational innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and supporting students in becoming effective change agents.

generative

While reading Gergen (2015), I came across generative as a new word. I was preparing to create these pages and so I was trying to find an interesting word in one of my recent readings.

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An image of where I read generative.

generative

Adjective

  1. having the ability to produce or originate; “generative power”; “generative forces”
    • Synonyms
      • productive
    • Antonyms
      • consumptive
    • Related
      • productiveness
      • productivity
      • generate
      • generate
      • bring forth
  2. producing new life or offspring; “the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions”; “the reproductive or generative organs”
    • Synonyms
      • procreative
      • reproductive
    • Similar to
      • fruitful
    • Related
      • reproduce
      • procreate
      • multiply
      • reproduce
      • procreate
      • multiply
      • beget
      • get
      • engender
      • father
      • mother
      • sire
      • generate
      • bring forth

There are 161 definitions in the project. Most definitions were taken from Terminology app, which is based on the Princeton University's WordNet lexical database. The following is a listing of all of the terms included.

Dictionary Entry Information

Reference Author: Gergen (2015)

Reference Citation:

Gergen, K. J. (2015). Social Construction: From “What is” to “What Could Be.” In An Invitation to Social Construction (pp. 1–33). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473921276

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