reconstruction

1. 1.

   the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877

   SynonymsReconstruction Period

   Broaderhistoric period
2. 2.

   the activity of constructing something again

   Broaderrepair

   Narrowermakeoverreassemblyre-formationrebuilding
3. 3.

   an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence

   Broaderinterpretation
4. 4.

   recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall

   Synonymsreconstructive memory

   Broaderrecall

Other forms of reconstruction

plural

reconstructions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reconstruction

What does reconstruction mean?

reconstruction means "the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reconstruction?

reconstruction has 4 syllables: re-con-struc-tion. The stress falls on "struc". In IPA it is /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/.

What is another word for reconstruction?

Close synonyms include Reconstruction Period, reconstructive memory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reconstruction a common word?

reconstruction is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reconstruction?

5 words rhyme with reconstruction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.