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reconstructionist

reconstructionist noun: someone who attempts to reestablish an ancient or historic religion in the modern era.

Noun (1)

reconstructionist (plural reconstructionists)

  1. Someone who attempts to reestablish an ancient or historic religion in the modern era.
  2. One who builds a reconstruction of a scene or event.
    • As with biomechanics, the majority of traffic accident reconstructionists work primarily for insurance industry.2005, Larry S. Nordhoff, Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries, page 34

Adjective capitalized: Reconstructionist

Reconstructionist (comparative more Reconstructionist, superlative most Reconstructionist)

  1. (Judaism) Of or pertaining to Reconstructionist Judaism.
    • Rabbi Sherry Shulewitz, associate executive director of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, explains that in the Reconstructionist view, “conversion is a gateway to membership in the Jewish people and a gift that the Jewish people offer new members.”1998, Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg, Adoption and the Jewish Family: Contemporary Perspectives, Philadelphia and Jerusalem: The Jewish Publication Society, →ISBN, page 13

Noun (2) capitalized: Reconstructionist

Reconstructionist (plural Reconstructionists)

  1. (Judaism, countable) Someone who adheres to Reconstructionist Judaism.
    • Reconstructionists view the Jewish people as the unchanging constant through history in which beliefs, practices, and institutions have continuously evolved.2007 August 28, Jacob J. Staub, edited by Stephen H. Norwood, Eunice G. Pollack, Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, volume 1, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 93

Forms of reconstructionist

Noun
pluralreconstructionists
pluralReconstructionists
Adjective
comparativemore Reconstructionist
superlativemost Reconstructionist

Origin of reconstructionist

From reconstruction + -ist.

Phrases with reconstructionist

Questions about reconstructionist

What does reconstructionist mean?
Reconstructionist means someone who attempts to reestablish an ancient or historic religion in the modern era.
What part of speech is reconstructionist?
Reconstructionist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of reconstructionist?
The plural of reconstructionist is reconstructionists.

Words near reconstructionist in the dictionary

  1. reconstruction
  2. reconstructional
  3. reconstructionary
  4. reconstructionism
  5. reconstructionisms
  6. reconstructionist
  7. Reconstructionist Judaism
  8. reconstructionists
  9. reconstructions
  10. reconstructive
  11. reconstructive mortician

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