It’s an adjective, Brugman. Something must follow the word to justify the use of it.
I know. That's the problem with the pretentious prevenient little buggers.
They want center stage. They want to stand out. But what are they?
Adjectives.
No action, no object of an action. And they're usually from Latin. Or, even worse, from the French invasion. Anglo-Saxon them, I say.