Derivative (Adjective)
Meaning
Resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The film's plot is highly derivative of a classic novel from the 19th century.
- Her poetry is considered a derivative of the surrealist movement of the 1920s.
- Many critics argue that the artist's latest series is derivative of his earlier work.
- The company faces a lawsuit for releasing a product that is a derivative of a patented design.
- The novel's themes and characters are a derivative of famous myths from ancient Greece.