social construct

A term often used by lazy adolescents to dismiss concepts vital to modern society

A: you're 20 minutes late
B: Time is a social construct

by definition_pro1 July 1, 2024

Societal Construct

An idea or category maintained by Society

A synonym for Social Construct

Women are a societal construct
Men are a societal construct
Gender is a societal construct

by Shaddowguy85 February 22, 2026

Scientific Constructivism

The position that scientific facts are not simply discovered waiting in nature, but are actively constructed by scientific communities through their practices, instruments, theories, and social negotiations. This doesn't mean facts are arbitrary or "made up"—it means that nature doesn't come pre-packaged into facts; we have to build the packages. A quark is real, but "quark" as a category required accelerators, detectors, mathematics, and conferences to agree on what was seen. Constructivism studies how these packages get built, whose labor builds them, and what gets left out of the final product.

"Before the microscope, 'cells' didn't exist as facts—they were constructed when lens-grinders, biologists, and specimen-stainers created the conditions to see them. Scientific Constructivism just asks us to remember that facts have factories, and the factories matter."

by Abzugal February 23, 2026

Epistemological Constructivism

The theory that knowledge is not discovered ready-made in the world but is actively constructed by knowers through their interactions with reality, their communities, and their tools. We don't find facts lying around like rocks—we build them through observation, interpretation, negotiation, and consensus. This doesn't mean knowledge is arbitrary or "made up"—it means that knowledge is made, not found, and understanding how it's made is essential to understanding what it is. Constructivism studies the workshops where facts are built.

"You think scientific facts are just out there waiting to be found? Epistemological Constructivism says: no, they're constructed through instruments, theories, funding decisions, and lab meetings. They're real, but they're also built. Respect the construction workers or you don't understand the building."

by Abzugal February 23, 2026

jamesian construction

the maladaptive daydreams of an insecure boy, personified by anyone with the name james. this type of person invents stories to make himself seem more interesting to those who surround him, but these know they are fake. the stories fail spectacularly

“james said he was getting it on with another girl. is it true?”
“nah that’s just another jamesian construction”

by theogshakespeare October 26, 2024

Destruction through Construction

The act of diminishing or destroying the original meaning or purpose of an entity (be it individual, location, building, group, etc) during the act of building it up (building up the image, adding to the building, adding more rules to a group, etc). Not to be confused with hype, which is the building up of expectation.

Guy 1: “Man the club used to be so fun, now its just a drag, what happened?”
Guy 2: “Destruction through construction, id say it happened when that one guy came in and added all those rules.”

by Jacob Mei April 21, 2010

expand your constituency

(to) do everything and anything to attract political followers, even if includes lying

if youre Hillary Clinton, stop trying to expand your constituency and focus on the issues instead.

by Sexydimma October 11, 2016