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CONSTRUCTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
Example:
constructive permission
Classified under:
Similar:
creative (promoting construction or creation)
formative; plastic; shaping (forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning)
formative (capable of forming new cells and tissues)
inferential (based on interpretation; not directly expressed)
reconstructive; rehabilitative (helping to restore to good condition)
structural (concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study)
Also:
positive (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.)
Antonym:
destructive (causing destruction or much damage)
Derivation:
constructiveness (the quality of serving to build or improve)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good
Example:
constructive criticism
Classified under:
Similar:
positive (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.)
Derivation:
constructiveness (the quality of serving to build or improve)
