reconstruction
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- noun
- /ˌriːkənˈstrʌkʃən/
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reconstrucción
- It's a reasoned reconstruction of the past rooted in research.
- historical reconstruction
- reconstruction of events
- reconstruction of the past
We can't reduce one to the other, although people have often tried in their reconstructions of morality.
- We can't reduce one to the other, although people have often tried in their reconstructions of morality.
- So he he seems to be saying Democritus in the reconstruction of how mind and body are being put together.
- And does that agree with our reconstructions from from various proxies?
- OK, so that is the phrase that is going to be our guy in the reconstruction of the drama that Faulkner is giving us.
- Not postmodern in the architectural sense, but in the In the reconstruction of modernism.
- Here's my own little reconstruction for you at home.
Examples
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Fantasy is as much a part of the process of reconstruction and interpretation as memory.
Academic text (1994) -
Much of the academic debate surrounding prophecy concerns the issue of the historical reconstruction of past events.
Academic text (1994) -
Certainly, we must support the reconstruction of any historical record that archaeology may allow.
Academic text (1995) -
The New York task force proposal is not merely about the reconstruction of what is taught.
Academic text (1990) -
Progress appeared inevitable and normal in this immigrant's reconstruction of the past.
Academic text (1995) -
What follows is a reconstruction of events in the minute immediately following B.'s return to our table.
Fiction book (2000) -
But there's mounting evidence that the current reconstruction of Egyptian history has major problems that have nothing to do with the Bible.
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Additional material permits, with some difficulty, historical reconstruction of Panama's relations with European nations.
Academic text (1999) -
Material evidence, however fragmentary, anchors our reconstructions of architectural experience in the lives of people in the past.
Academic text (1994) -
The journalist presented a detailed reconstruction of the events leading up to the historical crisis, based on eyewitness accounts.
Compounds
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6.8
Period after the Civil War when southern states rejoin the United States and laws protect former slaves
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6.3
The period after the Civil War in the United States from 1865 to 1877 when southern states rejoined the Union
An international organization that gives loans to help developing countries build roads and schools
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
reconstruction = reconstruct (semi-transparent) = re + construct + ion
The step from 'reconstruct' to 'reconstruction' is a regular noun formation meaning the act or result of reconstructing.
Etymology
Reconstruction comes from the parts re- 'again' and construct 'build'. A helpful way to remember sense two is to think of 'building' a story again from pieces of evidence, which is what historians do when they make an account of the past.