Definitive
Definitive adjective - Being the most accurate and apparently thorough.
Formative and definitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formative" instead an adjective "Definitive".
Formative
Formative adjective - Having a role in deciding something's final form.
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Definitive and formative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Definitive" instead an adjective "Formative".
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She is the author of the definitive textbook on profiling psychopathic killers, yet is somehow intimately involved in Dexter's own formative past as one.
Source: Series / Dexter
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