constructive
1. constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development (Freq. 5) - constructive criticism - a constructive attitude - a constructive philosophy - constructive permission • Ant: destructive • Similar to: creative, formative, shaping, plastic, inferential, reconstructive, rehabilitative, structural • See Also: positive • Derivationally related forms: constructiveness 2. emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good - constructive criticism • Similar to: positive • Derivationally related forms: constructiveness
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