Premeditated
Premeditated adjective - Characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning.
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Purposive and premeditated are semantically related in planned topic. In some cases you can use "Purposive" instead an adjective "Premeditated".
Nearby Words: premeditation, premeditating
Purposive
Purposive adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.
Usage example: facial tics and other unconscious movements that one would not normally call purposive actions
Premeditated and purposive are semantically related in intentional topic. You can use "Premeditated" instead an adjective "Purposive".
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- conscious and premeditated
- conscious and purposive
- fixed and premeditated
- fixed and purposive
- willful and premeditated
- willful and purposive
- deliberate and premeditated
- deliberate and purposive
- cold-blooded and premeditated
- cold-blooded and purposive
- calculated and premeditated
- calculated and purposive
- purposeful and premeditated
- purposeful and purposive
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