constructionism.

1. A view emphasizing the social construction of meanings, categories or institutions.

2. An educational approach emphasizing learning through making shareable artifacts or constructions.

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Words that belong together

• social constructionism
• constructionism and categories

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Social constructionism examined how the category became established in practice.

The argument for constructionism did not make the category’s effects unreal.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: institutional and conceptual change, philosophical orientation, qualification of recurrence and degree. Disciplines: academic writing, philosophy, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: uncommon.