Adjective: constructive kun'strúk-tiv
- Intending to improve or promote development; having a use
"a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"
- Emphasizing what is laudable, hopeful or to the good
"constructive criticism"
- (law) inferred or interpreted rather than stated explicitly
"The court found a constructive trust based on the parties' actions"
See also: creative, formative, inferential, plastic, positive, reconstructive, rehabilitative, shaping, structural
Antonym: destructive
Encyclopedia: Constructive