constructivism
noun
con·struc·tiv·ism
kən-ˈstrək-ti-ˌvi-zəm 
often capitalized
: a nonobjective art movement originating in Russia and concerned with formal organization of planes and expression of volume in terms of modern industrial materials (such as glass and plastic)
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The design might look as if it has been influenced by the early video games that attempted to render the world in large polygons, but WayRay says it is actually inspired by Russian constructivism, the abstract art movement that created many of the geometric propaganda posters used in the USSR.
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Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2021
Social neuroscience reveals social cognition to be something materially real, neurophysiologically realised, regardless of all questions from cultural relativism or social constructivism...
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2016
The folly of this idea was made evident by the version presented by the Apollon Musagète and La Jolla Music Society favorite Garrick Ohlsson, with a treatment that emphasized the quintet’s powerful brutality and midcentury constructivism.
—Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
Indignation is not the only element in this series, which takes its style from Russian constructivism and its two-color scheme from the Risograph, a Japanese duplicating machine.
—Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
One output of this research is four strategies for effective engagement—conservatism, opportunism, constructivism, and activism.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Babbel is an interesting language learning platform that combines communicative didactics, cognitivism, behaviorism and constructivism in its lessons for faster learning that will stick with you.
—Dave Johnson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
Cognitive dissonance must afflict anyone advocating for social constructivism in today’s rigidly neoliberal corporate environment.
—Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
For young historians like Wallace, this shake-up felt like a changing of the guard that occurred alongside academia’s adoption of a new theory called social constructivism, which placed artifacts in a broader cultural and social context.
—Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2020
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Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2021
Social neuroscience reveals social cognition to be something materially real, neurophysiologically realised, regardless of all questions from cultural relativism or social constructivism...
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2016
The folly of this idea was made evident by the version presented by the Apollon Musagète and La Jolla Music Society favorite Garrick Ohlsson, with a treatment that emphasized the quintet’s powerful brutality and midcentury constructivism.
—Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
Indignation is not the only element in this series, which takes its style from Russian constructivism and its two-color scheme from the Risograph, a Japanese duplicating machine.
—Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
One output of this research is four strategies for effective engagement—conservatism, opportunism, constructivism, and activism.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Babbel is an interesting language learning platform that combines communicative didactics, cognitivism, behaviorism and constructivism in its lessons for faster learning that will stick with you.
—Dave Johnson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
Cognitive dissonance must afflict anyone advocating for social constructivism in today’s rigidly neoliberal corporate environment.
—Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
For young historians like Wallace, this shake-up felt like a changing of the guard that occurred alongside academia’s adoption of a new theory called social constructivism, which placed artifacts in a broader cultural and social context.
—Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2020
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