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| 1. | [ adjective ] constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development | |
| Examples: | "constructive criticism" "a constructive attitude" "a constructive philosophy" "constructive permission" |
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| Related terms: | destructive creative structural reconstructive inferential formative formative positive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good | |
| Examples: | "constructive criticism" |
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| Related terms: | positive | |
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constructively construct constrictive constructivist constructivism construction constitutive constructor constrict connective constringe constitute constipate constricted constituted constrained constriction constricting constipated construal constrain construe_with constrainedly constraint Constance connectivity constituent constrictor constipation constipating constatation Constante constitution constraining |
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