reconstruction
The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
Other meanings
The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
“The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.”
The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome.
“The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious.”
Related words
- palaeoreconstruction
- paleoreconstruction
- prereconstruction
- reconstructional
- reconstructionism
- reconstructionist
- internal reconstruction
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reconstruction” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.