# constructivism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #62,795

## Definitions
1. A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
2. A style of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s.
3. A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
4. A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.

## Etymology
From constructive + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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