A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

PRONUNCIATION:

(kuhn-STAY-tiv, KON-stuh-) 

MEANING:

noun: A statement that can be judged as true or false.
adjective: Capable of being true or false.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin constare (to stand firm). Earliest documented use: 1901. This word is often contrasted with performative.

USAGE:

"Declaring an active disinterest in the constative question of whether Mitchy’s arrangement with Petherton is or is not a scandal ...”
 David Kurnick; Empty Houses; Princeton University Press; 2012.