constituent
Speech parts
1. constituent - Noun
2. constituent - Adjective
3. constituent - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
Having the power of electing or appointing.
The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.
One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative.
A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
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Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination and possessiveness.
Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.
A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.
For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that the individual mind is now a constituent player in the global transformation of human culture.
The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the producers.
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all.