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conˈstructiveness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Constructive quality or capacity. (Introduced as a Phrenological term for a faculty with its appropriate ‘organ’.)
1815Edin. Rev. XXV. 235 To the Order of Feelings..belong the following species..7. Constructiveness. 1828G. Combe Const. Man ii. § 5 Constructiveness is given,—and materials for constructing artificial habitations, raiment, ships. 1882Macm. Mag. XLVI. 207/1 The constructiveness of his teaching as opposed to the destructiveness of the school..which has prevailed for so many years. |