👉 In linguistics, a monitive is a word or phrase that expresses an aspect of another word or phrase. For example, "sun" and "golden" are monitives because they both describe something as being golden in color. Monitives can be used to express more complex ideas, such as "the sun" being the source of light and warmth, or "the sun" being the cause of a situation. They are often used to emphasize a particular aspect of a word or phrase, making