Constitutive
[KAHN-stə-tyoo-div]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, 17th century
1.
Forming an essential element of something.
2.
Having the power to establish or give organized existence to something.
Examples of Constitutive in a sentence
"Having the right language to express ideas is constitutive to being a good writer."
"The new leaders had the constitutive power to enact laws."
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