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constructive definition
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Grep of noun constructive constructive breach constructive eviction constructive fraud constructive metabolism constructive trust constructiveness Overview of adj constructive The adj constructive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) constructive -- (constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission") 2. constructive -- (emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good; "constructive criticism") Antonyms of adj constructive 2 senses of constructive Sense 1 constructive (vs. destructive) destructive (vs. constructive) => annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering => blasting, ruinous => cataclysmal, cataclysmic => caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic => crushing, devastating => damaging, negative => erosive => obliterating, obscurant => ravaging => soul-destroying => wasteful Sense 2 constructive INDIRECT (VIA neutral, positive) -> negative INDIRECT (VIA positive, negative) -> neutral Similarity of adj constructive 2 senses of constructive Sense 1 constructive (vs. destructive) => creative => formative, shaping => formative => inferential => reconstructive, rehabilitative => structural Also See-> positive#1 Sense 2 constructive => positive (vs. negative) (vs. neutral) Attributes of adj constructive Familiarity of adj constructive constructive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj constructive constructive constructive-metabolic reconstructive unconstructive Overview of adj constructive The adj constructive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (5) constructive -- (constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission") 2. constructive -- (emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good; "constructive criticism")
constructive definition
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