constructionism
English
editEtymology
editFrom construction + -ism.
Noun
editconstructionism (countable and uncountable, plural constructionisms)
- (law) A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather than any underlying intent.
- (social sciences) The idea that people learn about, or perceive the world by constructing mental models.
- 1997, Derek Edwards, Discourse and Cognition, page 51:
- But is it one constructionism in many guises, or a variety of quite different constructionisms, or merely old issues dressed up in new jargon,
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 134:
- The futility of dismissing social constructionism in favor of some "real," authentic nature outside the social and linguistic.