constitutive
Example Sentences
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"We shall always support anything that all three constitutive peoples agree upon," Vucic said, referring to Bosnia's Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats and Muslim Bosniaks.
From Reuters ● Apr. 15, 2023
In their view, logic is a constitutive norm of reasoning—that is, logic constitutes what reasoning is.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Board era, they ask, why and how do race and racism continue to play a constitutive role in America?
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021
The great thing about these two constitutive aspects of our political system, we have long been told, is that they are mutually reinforcing.
From Slate ● May 31, 2018
For instance, simple spiritual beings, like the human soul, have no material cause, nor any formal cause or constitutive principle distinct from their essence.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
