RECONSTRUCTIONISM


Meaning of RECONSTRUCTIONISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -shə-ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Date: 1942

1. : a movement in 20th century American Judaism that advocates a creative adjustment to contemporary conditions through the cultivation of traditions and folkways shared by all Jews

2. : advocacy of post-Civil War reconstruction

• re·con·struc·tion·ist -sh(ə-)nist adjective or noun , often capitalized

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.