Definition of "constructiveness" [con•struct•ive•ness]

• The characteristic of being constructive. (noun)
• Creativity, the capacity to invent. (noun)

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• "The instinct of constructiveness, which is one of the chief incentives to artistic creation, can find in scientific systems a satisfaction more massive than any epic poem."
• "This shews that our heroine has great mechanical genius; or, to speak phrenologically, that her "constructiveness," "comparison," and "calculation" are well developed."
• "America can never leave because American troops always bring their kindness and constructiveness with them, and their rule of law."