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Procreative
Procreative meaning
Having the power to beget; generative.
Synonyms of Procreative
Example sentences (13)
In vitro fertilization is the furthest thing from procreative sex as one could imagine.
Only that he spoke in a cultural context where high fertility rate is seen as a political asset, rather than a function of procreative indiscipline.
Some would argue that the purpose of the procreative act (aka sex) is to biologically further the species, whether for humans, animals, or even the insect world, and for humans, this purpose constitutes the definition of sexual love.
In a first, a recent expedition off the Azores caught sight of a female and her tiny parasitic mate locked in a procreative embrace.
When a husband and wife are united as one, they give full expression of their love through both the unitive and the procreative aspects of sexuality.
Pretorius serves as a "gay Mephistopheles ", Skal, p. 185 a figure of seduction and temptation, going so far as to pull Frankenstein away from his bride on their wedding night to engage in the unnatural act of non-procreative life.
Procreative power was symbolized by the bull, the lion, the ram.
Property includes all non-procreative derivatives of an individual’s life; this means children are not the property of their parents.
That worship also included the worship of nature-powers and procreative powers, as in the Hindu worship of the Lingam, and led to many abuses.
The Eastern Orthodox Church believes that marriage is an eternal union of spouses, but in Heaven there will not be a procreative bond of marriage.
They practiced human sacrifice, had blood-drinking rituals, and their religion incorporated non-procreative sexual practices (such as fellatio).
This fact, scandalous and obscene in the World State not because it was extramarital (which all sexual acts are) but because it was procreative, leads the Director to resign his post in shame.
This may have reinforced the theological commitment to the twin theories of the procreative purpose of marriage and that of procreation being the only permissible intended end of the sex act, over and above the Stoic influence.