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constitutive

adjective

con·​sti·​tu·​tive ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌtü-tiv How to pronounce constitutive (audio)
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kən-ˈsti-chə-tiv How to pronounce constitutive (audio)
1
: having the power to enact or establish : constructive
2
3
: relating to or dependent on constitution
a constitutive property of all electrolytes
constitutively adverb

Example Sentences

the proposition that liberty and justice are constitutive elements of an enlightened society
Recent Examples on the Web And both suggest that the impulse to cheat, cut corners and get over on chumps, if not inflict harm upon them outright, is far from some aberrant pathology in the American identity but rather a constitutive force. New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022 The argument that something like PTSD existed prior to industrialization must be sustained with evidence of symptoms constitutive of the modern definition. Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 White supremacy has always been a constitutive piece of American national identity, but it cannot be openly claimed in a nation also founded on belief in democracy and freedom. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2021 Being part of the world of buying and selling is constitutive of what the visual arts have meant and have been since the end of the medieval era. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021 Her life emblematized the concept of intersectionality, a term coined in 1989 by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw to describe the ways in which distinct social identities, such as race and gender, are mutually constitutive. Emily Bernard, The New Republic, 25 Mar. 2021 Alice was shut down because the exercise threatened the most constitutive element of whiteness: white people are the police. Frank B. Wilderson Iii, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 All of the above suggest some cognitive architecture defined by constitutive and causal relations between processes. Dean Mobbs, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019 Clothing trends aren’t reflective of change, but rather constitutive of change. Marlen Komar, Time, 20 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of constitutive was in 1592

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