n.
Pronunciation: ' kän- ˌ str ə kt
Function: noun
Date: 1933
1 : something constructed by the mind: as a : a theoretical entity <the deductive study of abstract construct s ― D. J. Boorstin> b : a working hypothesis or concept <the unconscious was a construct that came from the daily effort to understand patients>
2 : a product of ideology, history, or social circumstances <privacy is more than a social construct or an idea; it is a condition of the body ― Sallie Tisdale>