constitutional
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5.9
- adjective
- /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənl/
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constitucional
- And perhaps more germane to this conversation, having to do with the physical or the constitutional makeup of African Americans or people of African descent.
- constitutional symptoms
- constitutional signs
The other animals lack this constitutional equilibrium.
- The other animals lack this constitutional equilibrium.
- And what was happening, too, was that was compounding this remoteness in him, which was sort of constitutional, always part of him.
- And it is a disposition that is constitutional rather than kind of the result of influence or environment.
- And perhaps more germane to this conversation, having to do with the physical or the constitutional makeup of African Americans or people of African descent.
- This one, that one, this this one feels like it's had a constitutional change in its in its makeup.
Examples
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And it is a disposition that is constitutional rather than kind of the result of influence or environment.
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Employing the framework above, Yi Chema grouped human beings into four constitutional types.
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The other animals lack this constitutional equilibrium.
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Because the disease is bilateral in 50% of cases, some genetic or constitutional factor might be involved.
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Tuberculosis does result in more constitutional symptoms, but they are not specific.
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Affected patients present with constitutional symptoms, which progress to severe mental deterioration and movement disorders.
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What sustains such abstraction may be constitutional, environmental, or even economic.
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The disease is bilateral in 50% of cases, which suggests that some constitutional or systemic factor predisposes it to development.
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Cervical tuberculosis is usually associated with constitutional symptoms such as fever, weight loss, and night sweats.
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The ability to adapt to changing environments is a constitutional trait that defines many species.
Synonyms
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3.5
Very important and necessary for something to work
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5.1
A natural part of something that is always there
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5.3
Necessary and very important as part of a whole
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3.9
A feature that is part of something from the start, not added later
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6.7
A natural, basic part of a person or thing
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3.9
Forming a natural, basic part of something's structure or character
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6.5
Forming a necessary part of something's structure
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5.2
Relating to the most basic part of something
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4.2
A natural part of someone or something from the start
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8.8
Forming an important part that helps create or define something
A quality that is part of something's basic nature
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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4.1
A right that a country's most important law gives and protects, for example free speech
- Formal
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5.1
An official change to the main written law of a country or organization
An assembly of delegates in 1787 that wrote the main law for the United States government
- Formal
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6.1
A formal meeting of delegates to write or change a country's main law
An American political party that formed in 1859 to keep the country together before the Civil War
- Specialized
A part of economics that studies how a country's basic rules for government affect economic policy
How Fundamental
Surface Forms
Morphology
constitutional = constitution (semi-transparent) = constitution + al
The affixation is clear, but the abstract sense 'inherent or fundamental' is a semantic extension of 'constitution'.
Etymology
The word constitutional meaning part of someone's basic nature comes from constitution, which means how a person is 'built' or their natural 'make-up'. So a constitutional trait is a built-in part of how someone is.