constitutive
adjective /kənˈstɪtjutɪv/, /ˈkɒnstɪtjuːtɪv/
/ˈkɑːnstɪtuːtɪv/
(formal)- constitutive (of something) forming a part, often an essential part, of something
- Memory is constitutive of identity.
- Poverty is a constitutive element of a particular form of economic growth.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryConstitutive is used with these nouns:- element
- having the power to establish or give organized existence to something
- Democracy depends on the rule of law for its constitutive procedures.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin constitutivus, from constitut- ‘established’, from the verb constituere, from con- ‘together’ + statuere ‘set up’.