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means The theory, in philosophy, psychology, and art alike, that people actively build their understanding of the world (or build artworks from industrial materials) rather than simply discovering pre-made truths.

from The word roots back to Latin 'construere' — to pile up, build together — stems of 'com-' (with) and 'struere' (to heap, arrange). In art, it names the early 20th-century Russian movement that swapped marble and myth for glass, steel, and geometry, treating sculpture like engineering. In philosophy and education, the '-ism' got bolted on later as thinkers (Piaget among the key names associated with it) argued that minds assemble knowledge from experience rather than receiving it ready-made. Same carpenter's logic, different workshop.