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constructionism

noun

Etymology

From construction + -ism.

  1. derived from cōnstructiō
  2. derived from construction
  3. inherited from construccioun
  4. suffixed as constructionism — “construction + ism”

Definitions

  1. A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather than any…

    A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather than any underlying intent.

  2. The idea that people learn about, or perceive the world by constructing mental models.

    • But is it one constructionism in many guises, or a variety of quite different constructionisms, or merely old issues dressed up in new jargon,
    • The futility of dismissing social constructionism in favor of some "real," authentic nature outside the social and linguistic.

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Derived

loose constructionism, social constructionism, strict constructionism

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for constructionism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA