constructivism.

1. A view that knowledge or understanding is formed through active construction rather than mere passive reception.

2. An artistic movement emphasizing constructed forms, geometric organization and related social or material concerns.

3. A mathematical approach requiring appropriate constructions to establish existence.

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Words that belong together

• epistemic constructivism
• educational constructivism

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Educational constructivism emphasized the learner’s active organization of experience.

Epistemic constructivism raised questions about how shared knowledge was formed.

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: moderately common.