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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development |
| examples | constructive criticism a constructive attitude a constructive philosophy constructive permission |
| Outgoing links | |
| Also see | positive |
| Derivationally related form | constructive → constructiveness |
| Antonym | constructive → destructive |
| Similar to | creative; formative, shaping, plastic; formative; inferential; reconstructive, rehabilitative; structural |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | creative; formative, shaping, plastic; formative; inferential; reconstructive, rehabilitative; structural |
| Antonym | destructive → constructive |
| Also see | positive |
| Derived from adjective | constructively → constructive |
| Derivationally related form | constructiveness → constructive |
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