reconstructionism
noun
reconstructionism is a noun meaning “Any of various religious movements aiming to reconstruct something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of reconstructionism is reconstructionisms.
What does reconstructionism mean?
noun
- 1
Any of various religious movements aiming to reconstruct something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reconstructionism
- reconstructionisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reconstructionism?
Reconstructionism appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Reconstructionism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | reconstructionnisme |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does reconstructionism come from?
From reconstruction + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).