Reconstructionism Definition
rēkən-strŭkshə-nĭzəm
noun
The branch of Judaism founded in the United States in the 1900s that regards Judaism as a religious civilization and questions the doctrine that the Jews are God's chosen people.
American Heritage
A 20th-cent. movement in Judaism that stresses a dynamic creativity in adjusting to modern times, as by the adaptation and reinterpretation of traditional observances.
Webster's New World
A movement within Christianity seeking to reestablish biblical law as the basis for civil law and social mores.
American Heritage
A movement seeking to revive the beliefs and practices of a historic form of religion, especially a pre-Christian polytheistic religion.
American Heritage
Any of various religious movements aiming to reconstruct something.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Reconstructionism
Noun
Singular:
Reconstructionism
Plural:
reconstructionismsOrigin of Reconstructionism
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reconstruction +"Ž -ism
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