constitutive

[ kon-sti-too-tiv, -tyoo- ]

/ ˈkɒn stɪˌtu tɪv, -ˌtyu- /

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adjective

constituent; making a thing what it is; essential.

having power to establish or enact.

Physics, Chemistry. pertaining to a molecular property determined primarily by the arrangement of atoms in the molecule rather than by their nature or number.

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Origin of constitutive

First recorded in 1585–95; constitute + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM constitutive

con·sti·tu·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby constitutive

Constitution clock, Constitution mirror, Constitution of the United States, Constitution State, Constitution, United States, constitutive, constr., constrain, constrained, constraint, constrict

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How to use constitutive in a sentence

While there are many versions of panpsychism, the version I find appealing is known as constitutive panpsychism.
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Meanwhile, vulnerability, risk, unpredictability, and sudden transformation are the constitutive experiences of human life.
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They were a duality the constitutive forces of which alternately assumed supremacy.
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A certain theory is seen to be essential to the fact, a certain theology to be the constitutive force in the religion.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney

They are a priori conditions, subjective in one sense, but objective as being universal, necessary and constitutive of experience.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
At the time that the constitutive body made this law, ten million voters were registered on the election rolls.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte|Karl Marx
Period in which the republic is constituted, and of the Constitutive National Assembly.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte|Karl Marx

British Dictionary definitions for constitutive

constitutive

/ (ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːtɪv) /

adjective

having power to enact, appoint, or establish

chem (of a physical property) determined by the arrangement of atoms in a molecule rather than by their nature

biochem (of an enzyme) formed continuously, irrespective of the cell's needs

another word for constituent (def. 1)

Derived forms of constitutive

constitutively, adverb

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Origin of constitutive

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