Construance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Construance is a noun meaning Synonym of construal.
Meaning
Synonym of construal.
Example Sentences
The counselor’s agreement with the client’s construances of events communicates a positive attitude toward the client.
Picking at the fine construances of words—half of which come to us through translations of dubious accuracy—would be no ally to our need for alacrity.
The construance has been, it is complained by the president’s critics, that the innocent have been made to suffer while the guilty ones—the actual murderers—have escaped with a penalty that is a travesty.
The Mǎ reading of 12:1, like the grammatically normal (if interpretatively problematic) “and” reading of 9:1, is the likely solution, whereas the later suggestions are ingenuities based on technically possible but contextually awkward construances of one word.
Word Forms
- construances
Synonyms for construance
Depending on context, synonyms include construal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include connectometry, analysises, presupposal, metamodeling, gestalt, consertion.
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