construct¹

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US /ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/ UK /ˈkɒn.stɹʌkt/ See IPA manual

noun

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Homographs: construct² /kənˈstɹʌkt/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

noun
An idea or theory created in the mind rather than existing in reality.

Some argue that race is a social construct.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an idea or theory created... concept idea model notion

Word family

Forms constructedconstructingconstructs

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, from cōnstruō (“to heap together”), from com- (“together”) + struō (“to heap up, pile”). Doublet of construe.

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Actions & Processes

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