.a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.:active; corrective; destructive; detective; passive; sportive.ExpandCompare -ative, -itive.
Lincoln was technically racist in the sense that he viewed blacks to be inherently different than whites, but given the time in which he lived he was probably the least racist person in the United States. He was above all a pragmatist.
To prevent the strengthening of the Soviet Union in Europe.
