construct

Examples

• All

• You know, if queer theory teaches us anything, it's that sexual identity is a social construct.

  Blue Like Jazz (2012)

• The past is a construct of the mind.

  Total Recall (2012)

• But the fear, it's a construct of the mind in the first place.

• If the "self" is a construct, and it's all just role play, do you think people can change?

  Hit Man (2024)

• Economics is is a social construct that we actually have a say in.

  Rich Roll

• Unfortunately, detailed data on these constructs are not available in the current study.

  Academic text (2011)

• We considered both to be distinct constructs and important, so we looked at them individually.

  Academic text (2011)

• Alienation is a complex construct with different significance depending on the discipline under review.

  Academic text (2011)

• Consider the poster as presenting two versions of masculinity, each a construct of consumer culture.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The notion of happiness is often seen as a social construct shaped by cultural influences.

Synonyms

C

concept

vsconstruct

∞ 4.5

An idea you get after seeing many examples, like freedom

is a theoretical model inferred to explain specific observations

F

frame

vsconstruct

81 6.2

A set of ideas or rules people use to understand things

is a theoretical model inferred to explain specific observations

Antonyms

F

fact

∞ 1.0

Something that can be shown to be true, not an opinion

R

reality

∞ 1.4

The way things really are, not how we imagine or wish

How Abstract

theory

∞ 3.2

paradigm

100 7.4

framework

175 4.2

concept

∞ 4.5

construct

• Specialized

65 8.0

model

• Specialized

905 3.9

Surface Forms

Etymology