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conducive

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con·du·cive  (kn-dsv, -dy-)
adj.
Tending to cause or bring about; contributive: working conditions not conducive to productivity. See Synonyms at favorable.

con·ducive·ness n.

conducive
Adjective
(often foll. by to)likely to lead to or produce (a result) [Latin com- together + ducere to lead]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.conducive - tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
causative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"

conducive
adjective favourable, helpful, productive, contributory, calculated to produce, leading, tending
Translations
Spanish conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] adj conducive to → conducente a
French conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] adj conducive to → favorable à, qui contribue à
German conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] adj conducive to → förderlich +dat
Italian conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] adj conducive to → favorevole a

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You cannot mean to say that because Polydamas, the pancratiast, is stronger than we are, and finds the eating of beef conducive to his bodily strength, that to eat beef is therefore equally for our good who are weaker than he is, and right and just for us?
And why are you so firmly, so triumphantly, convinced that only the normal and the positive--in other words, only what is conducive to welfare--is for the advantage of man?
A frenzy fit is not one quarter so pernicious; it is an exercise to the Body and if not too violent, is I dare say conducive to Health in its consequences--Run mad as often as you chuse; but do not faint--"
 
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