0 important, serious, or related to real facts:
Substantive research on the subject needs to be carried out.
The documents are the first substantive information obtained by the investigators.
1 having real importance or value:
substantive talks/negotiations
She nonetheless stresses that models can offer substantive theoretical knowledge of the world.
These and other themes are developed in six substantive chapters.
An authority that rests on substantive moral limitations is conceptually possible.
When district variables are not included, the effect of participation on constitutional support loses some statistical and substantive significance.
Correct form - doing and saying 'the right thing' - proved critical to resolving more substantive diplomatic and security issues.
The illustrative quotes have been edited f or ease of reading without making substantive changes.
These undermine many of the points he purports to make, on both small and substantive issues.
The lack of difficulty in practice suggests not that substantive constraints are not needed but that they are assumed.
