Constructivist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Constructivist is an adjective meaning Of or relating to constructivism.
Meaning
Of or relating to constructivism.
More Meanings
- An advocate of constructivism.
Example Sentences
Social norm scholarship in criminal law, I would suggest, is best understood as a type of constructivist social theory. The emerging literature attempts to explain behavior by focusing on shared interpretations of social practice.
The importance of this constructivist perspective, as opposed to a theory of sexual essentialism which posits sexuality as biologically determined, is that it allows us to think about sex within a social, historical and cultural context. We can ask questions which recognize the importance of our sexual preference, our class, our race
Word Forms
- constructivists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include constructivistic, constructionistic, constructionist, deconstructivistic, deconstructivist, reconstructivist.
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