reconstructed

Thân thiện

A city has reconstructed the old library into a modern community center.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Built, formed, or created again: Refers to something that has been rebuilt, remade, or reassembled after damage, destruction, or decay.
   • Recreated or reimagined: Describes something, especially an idea, theory, or historical account, that has been pieced together from available evidence.
   • Adapted or modified: In social contexts, describes an ideology, identity, or movement that has been altered or reformed to adapt to new circumstances.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The archaeologists studied the reconstructed pottery vase. (The vase had been pieced back together from fragments.)
  • Historians rely on reconstructed events based on primary sources. (The historical narratives are recreated from evidence.)
  • After the fire, they lived in a reconstructed version of their old house. (The house was rebuilt.)

Advanced Usage

• "reconstructed memory": A memory that is not a perfect recording but is pieced together and can be influenced by later information or beliefs.

  • Eyewitness testimony can be unreliable because it is often based on reconstructed memory.

• In social theory, used to describe concepts or identities that have been consciously reshaped.

  • Her reconstructed views on education incorporated new research on learning styles.

Variants and Related Words

• Reconstruct (verb): To build or form again; to recreate or reenact.

  • They plan to reconstruct the ancient bridge using traditional methods.

• Reconstruction (noun): The process or result of reconstructing.

  • The reconstruction of the city took decades after the war.

Synonyms

• Rebuilt: Built again.
• Reassembled: Put back together.
• Recreated: Made again; brought back into existence.
• Reformed: Changed and improved.

Related Phrases

• Reconstructed past: An understanding of history that is assembled from surviving evidence, acknowledging it is an interpretation.
  • Our view of the dynasty is a reconstructed past, based on temple inscriptions.

Related Idioms

• A reconstructed life: A life that has been rebuilt or radically changed after a major event.
  • After his recovery, he built a reconstructed life with new priorities.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. adapted to social or economic change
   • a reconstructed feminist