social construct

[ soh-shuhl kon-struhkt ]

noun

1. a complex concept or practice shared by a society or group, not arising from any natural or innate source but built on the assumptions upheld, usually tacitly, by its members:

   The Green Party supports the EU in viewing disability as a social construct and recognizes the well-established link between poverty and disability.

Word History and Origins

Origin of social construct¹

First recorded in 1900–05