Definition of "recreative"

Between the two extremes of college men the unsocial dig and the flunking swell, lies the majority, who, acknowledging the duty and merit of hard work, see the value in social and recreative line, but are at somewhat of a loss, seemingly, how to proportionize the time given to the different sides of college life, or how far to allow themselves to go on the more attractive side.

1892, Occident - Volume 22, page 36

Tribute acts, by contrast, are purely recreative.

2007 January 13, Allan Kozinn, “Interpreting the Beatles Without Copying”, in New York Times‎