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constitutive

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

adjective

  1. constituent; making a thing what it is; essential.
  2. having power to establish or enact.
  3. Physics, Chemistry. pertaining to a molecular property determined primarily by the arrangement of atoms in the molecule rather than by their nature or number.


constitutive

/ ˈ°ìÉ’²Ô²õ³Ùɪˌ³ÙÂá³Ü˳Ùɪ±¹ /

adjective

  1. having power to enact, appoint, or establish
  2. chem (of a physical property) determined by the arrangement of atoms in a molecule rather than by their nature
  3. biochem (of an enzyme) formed continuously, irrespective of the cell's needs
  4. another word for constituent
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ³Ù¾±ËŒ³Ù³Ü³Ù¾±±¹±ð±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç²Ôs³Ù¾±Â·³Ù³Üt¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of constitutive1

First recorded in 1585–95; constitute + -ive
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Gun violence has become constitutive of who we are.

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"We shall always support anything that all three constitutive peoples agree upon," Vucic said, referring to Bosnia's Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats and Muslim Bosniaks.

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But in Meacham’s treatment, such personal details function as supporting pieces in a story designed around high-stakes campaign speeches, the constitutive ritual of inaugurations and grave moments of statesmanship.

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Rather than seeing federal Indian policy as a constitutive feature of the emerging administrative state, “Indigenous Continent†discounts it, strangely suggesting that “reservations were a sign of American weakness, not strength.â€

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And in fact, the ability to circumscribe rights for particular groups of Americans was itself constitutive of that hierarchical power.

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