Reconstructionist

[ ree-kuhn-struhk-shuh-nist ]

noun

1. an advocate or supporter of Reconstruction or Reconstructionism.

adjective

1. of or relating to Reconstruction or Reconstructionism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Reconstructionist¹

1860–65, Americanism; reconstruction ( def ) + -ist

Example Sentences

In Christian Reconstructionist postmillennialism, the “dominion mandate” is thwarted by the Fall but restored with the Resurrection.

From Salon

Cam Cope, a crash reconstructionist based in Texas, testified to that end Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

He forged important academic and intellectual alliances across the Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist branches of Judaism, becoming something of “a denominational crossover,” said his friend Menachem Butler, an Orthodox Jew and a fellow in Jewish legal studies at Harvard Law School.

From New York Times

The side I can pick is humanity, the side I can pick is life,” said Rabbi David Basior of the Kadima Reconstructionist Community, who helped draft the statement.

From Seattle Times

All this information helps the reconstructionist decide what goes where, resulting in an eerie anatomic model.

From National Geographic