Associations to the word «Constructivism»

Wiktionary

CONSTRUCTIVISM, noun. (arts) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
CONSTRUCTIVISM, noun. (mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
CONSTRUCTIVISM, noun. (philosophy) (psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.

Dictionary definition

CONSTRUCTIVISM, noun. An abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley