# Question on the use of the word 'compositive'

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**Created:** [March 4, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-use-of-the-word-compositive/848907 "2020-03-04T10:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-use-of-the-word-compositive/848907/1 "2020-03-04T10:04:06Z")

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Hi,

I can’t find any definition that matches the way the word ‘compositive’ is used here (unless I misheard the word.) How is the word being used by Terry McAuliffe (former Virginia Governor)  
“It’s a real compositive (?) of who America is”  
8.03/8.04 minutes into the video

Eden Lost | CD Baby Music Storestore.cdbaby.com › Artist › EdenLost Its early years meant a huge compositive and rehearsing effort to get a place and a name within the rock scene of the spanish Capital city, acquiring a huge ...

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-use-of-the-word-compositive/848907/2 "2020-03-04T10:56:35Z")

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He probably meant ‘composite’.

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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-use-of-the-word-compositive/848907/3 "2020-03-04T19:17:22Z")

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> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> He probably meant ‘composite’.

Thanks GreenWyvern. I suspected that.

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**Author:** ![ALOHA\_HATER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@ALOHA\_HATER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALOHA_HATER)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-the-use-of-the-word-compositive/848907/4 "2020-03-06T05:39:32Z")

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I think it was a repetition of the “of” syllable, after he slightly misspoke.