RECONSTRUCTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does Reconstruction mean?
• RECONSTRUCTION (noun)
The noun RECONSTRUCTION has 4 senses:
1. the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
2. the activity of constructing something again
3. an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
4. recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
Familiarity information: RECONSTRUCTION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RECONSTRUCTION (noun)
Meaning:
The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Reconstruction; Reconstruction Period
Instance hypernyms:
age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)
Meaning:
The activity of constructing something again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reconstruction" is a kind of...):
fix; fixing; fixture; mend; mending; repair; reparation (the act of putting something in working order again)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reconstruction"):
makeover (a complete reconstruction and renovation of something)
reassembly; refabrication (assembling again)
re-formation; regeneration (forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting)
rebuilding (building again)
Meaning:
An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reconstruction" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Meaning:
Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
reconstructive memory; reconstruction
Hypernyms ("reconstruction" is a kind of...):
recall; recollection; reminiscence (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))
