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reconstructive

[ ree-kuhn-struhk-tiv ]

adjective

  1. tending to reconstruct.


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Other Words From

  • recon·structive·ly adverb
  • recon·structive·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reconstructive1

First recorded in 1860–65; re- + constructive

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Example Sentences

A Las Vegas plastic surgeon flew to Jackson, personally pledging to cover the cost of reconstructive surgery.

She and husband Brad Pitt can presumably afford a kick-ass reconstructive surgeon.

Doctors have said Miss Yousafzai is due to be readmitted in the coming weeks for reconstructive cranial surgery.

A world-famous oculoplastic and reconstructive surgeon, Elahi is also an impassioned philanthropist.

Another reconstructive surgery was attempted at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Berlin was a little late with her reconstructive work; the town walls were not removed till 1866.

The reconstructive historian must surely be inventing à priori facts, evolved, more Germanico, from his inner consciousness.

They are agencies for transfer of existing social power into personal ability; they are means of reconstructive growth.

The plans which are formed, the principles which man projects as guides of reconstructive action, are not dogmas.

We have seen that the general trend of Oriental archaeology has been reconstructive rather than iconoclastic.

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