单词	constitutive
释义	constitutive adjective con·​sti·​tu·​tive ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌtü-tiv  -ˌtyü-; kən-ˈsti-chə-tiv  1 : having the power to enact or establish : constructive 2 : constituent, essential 3 : relating to or dependent on constitution a constitutive property of all electrolytes constitutively adverb Synonyms built-in constitutional essential hardwired immanent inborn inbred indigenous ingrain ingrained engrained inherent innate integral intrinsic native natural See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the proposition that liberty and justice are constitutive elements of an enlightened society Recent Examples on the Web And both suggest that the impulse to cheat, cut corners and get over on chumps, if not inflict harm upon them outright, is far from some aberrant pathology in the American identity but rather a constitutive force. New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022 The argument that something like PTSD existed prior to industrialization must be sustained with evidence of symptoms constitutive of the modern definition. Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 White supremacy has always been a constitutive piece of American national identity, but it cannot be openly claimed in a nation also founded on belief in democracy and freedom. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2021 Being part of the world of buying and selling is constitutive of what the visual arts have meant and have been since the end of the medieval era. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021 Her life emblematized the concept of intersectionality, a term coined in 1989 by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw to describe the ways in which distinct social identities, such as race and gender, are mutually constitutive. Emily Bernard, The New Republic, 25 Mar. 2021 Alice was shut down because the exercise threatened the most constitutive element of whiteness: white people are the police. Frank B. Wilderson Iii, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 All of the above suggest some cognitive architecture defined by constitutive and causal relations between processes. Dean Mobbs, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019 Clothing trends aren’t reflective of change, but rather constitutive of change. Marlen Komar, Time, 20 Sep. 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition constitutive adjective con·​sti·​tu·​tive ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌt(y)üt-iv  kən-ˈstich-ət-iv  1 a : of, relating to, or being an enzyme or protein produced in relatively constant amounts in all cells of an organism without regard to cell environmental conditions (as the concentration of a substrate) compare inducible sense a b : controlling production of or coding genetic information for a constitutive enzyme or protein constitutive genes constitutive mutations 2 : being chromatin of a chromosomal region that is condensed into heterochromatin in all cells of an organism rather than just some constitutive adjective as in intrinsic being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing the proposition that liberty and justice are constitutive elements of an enlightened society Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance intrinsic inherent integral essential constitutional immanent hereditary innate natural indigenous inner fundamental native inborn inherited hardwired inbred elemental ingrained basic distinctive internal characteristic congenital engrained ingrain built-in interior peculiar inmost normal habitual in one's blood typical deep-rooted regular inveterate Antonyms & Near Antonyms extrinsic adventitious extraneous foreign alien incidental accidental surface external coincidental superficial exterior acquired adscititious See More
随便看	unobjected unobjectionable unobjective unobligated unobliging unobliterated unobnoxious unobscured unobservable unobservables unobservance unobservant unobserved unobserving unobstinate unobstructed unobtainable unobtrusive unobtrusively unobtrusiveness unobtrusivenesses unobvious unoccupancy unoccupied unoffended

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