constructionism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather than any underlying intent.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The idea that people learn about, or perceive the world by constructing mental models.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English construction Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English constructionism From construction + -ism.