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construations

construations is the plural of construation.

Meaning of construation

Noun

construation (countable and uncountable, plural construations)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) The act or process of construing.
    • At the level of perception the ideas or notions resulting from such construations are not simple nor accurate, but they can become so by further cognizing operations. […] aggressive, retreative, or indifferent; and functions for evaluative construations, or as Reid calls its for matters of taste...1943, John Thomas Daling, The Theory of Perception of Thomas Reid: An Exposition and Re-valuation, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, →OCLC, pages 175 and 292

Questions about construations

What is construations the plural of?
Construations is the plural of construation.

Words near construations in the dictionary

  1. construal
  2. construals
  3. construance
  4. construances
  5. construation
  6. construations
  7. construct
  8. construct state
  9. construct states
  10. constructability
  11. constructable

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