Elective
Elective , adjective
[Compare French électif.]
1.
Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.
2.
Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
The independent use of their elective franchise.
3.
Bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective office.
Kings of Rome were at first elective;... for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom.
4.
Dependent on choice; that can be refused; as, an elective college course. Opposite of required or mandatory.
Collocations (1)
Elective affinity or Elective attraction (Chemistry) , a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.
Elective , noun
In an American college, an optional study or course of study; a course that is not required. [Colloquial]