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单词 constructionist
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Definition of constructionist in English:

constructionist

noun kənˈstrʌkʃ(ə)nɪstkənˈstrəkSHənəst
  • 1

    another term for constructivist (noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His influences range from the Russian constructionists to the Bauhaus movement, and he has been inspired by everything from scrapyards to architecture and coastlines.
    • The adherents of the Bauhaus school and Russian constructionists, riding on the wave of the industrialization of the society, proclaimed the dominance of function.
  • 2US A person who puts a particular interpretation upon a legal document, especially the US Constitution.

    〈美〉对法令(尤指宪法)作特定解释者

    he is campaigning to get strict constructionists appointed to the Supreme Court
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Strict constructionists like the Senator might think not.
    • Strict constructionists believe that government policy making should be left to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.
    • What interests me is that Conservatives seem to accept that he fits the bill of a judge who will perform a strict reading of the Constitution, not some constructionist who will find things like a ‘right to privacy’ tucked away in the text.
    • As conservative constructionists, they would abide by the law passed by the legislature, allowing for abortion to continue.
    • Strict constructionists lie when they claim that if a right is not in the Constitution it doesn't exist.
    • It's a little frightening to think what this decision could mean in the hands of one of those strictly Republican constructionists, isn't it?
    • He promised to nominate strict conservative constructionists to the federal bench.
    • Will the conservative constructionists, who believe that the Founding Fathers actually were pretty clear in their intent and that that intent hasn't changed over the years, form the majority?

Rhymes

percussionist

Definition of constructionist in US English:

constructionist

nounkənˈstrəkSHənəst
  • 1

    another term for constructivist (see constructivism)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His influences range from the Russian constructionists to the Bauhaus movement, and he has been inspired by everything from scrapyards to architecture and coastlines.
    • The adherents of the Bauhaus school and Russian constructionists, riding on the wave of the industrialization of the society, proclaimed the dominance of function.
  • 2US A person who puts a particular construction upon a legal document, especially the US Constitution.

    〈美〉对法令(尤指宪法)作特定解释者

    he is campaigning to get strict constructionists appointed to the Supreme Court
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Will the conservative constructionists, who believe that the Founding Fathers actually were pretty clear in their intent and that that intent hasn't changed over the years, form the majority?
    • Strict constructionists believe that government policy making should be left to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.
    • Strict constructionists lie when they claim that if a right is not in the Constitution it doesn't exist.
    • Strict constructionists like the Senator might think not.
    • What interests me is that Conservatives seem to accept that he fits the bill of a judge who will perform a strict reading of the Constitution, not some constructionist who will find things like a ‘right to privacy’ tucked away in the text.
    • He promised to nominate strict conservative constructionists to the federal bench.
    • It's a little frightening to think what this decision could mean in the hands of one of those strictly Republican constructionists, isn't it?
    • As conservative constructionists, they would abide by the law passed by the legislature, allowing for abortion to continue.
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