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
Reason is not, according to Spinoza, a constitutive power in man's life; it is a regulative principle.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph
