noun
reconstruction
ree-kuhn-STRUHK-shuhn
noun
1
The process of rebuilding something, or the rebuilt result.
"Reconstruction of the town center took nearly two years after the earthquake."
"The museum's dinosaur is a plaster reconstruction based on fossil fragments."
2
A detailed retelling of events leading up to something, often used by investigators.
"Police staged a reconstruction of the robbery to jog witnesses' memories."
3
Capitalized: the period after the American Civil War (1865-1877) when the US tried to reintegrate the former Confederate states.
"The novel is set during Reconstruction in rural Georgia."
How to Use Reconstruction
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBuilding something again, or a careful re-creation of past events.
Word Forms
reconstructions plural
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Etymology
Built from re- ("again") plus construction, itself from Latin construere ("to build").