| 单词 | reconstructionism |
| 释义 | Reconstructionism in American English (ˌrikənˈstrʌkʃənˌɪzəm) US noun a 20th-cent. movement in Judaism that stresses a dynamic creativity in adjusting to modern times, as by the adaptation and reinterpretation of traditional observances Reconstructionism in American English (ˌrikənˈstrʌkʃəˌnɪzəm) noun a 20th-century movement among U.S. Jews, founded by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, advocating that Judaism, being a culture and way of life as well as a religion, is in sum a religious civilization requiring constant adaptation to contemporary conditions so that Jews can identify more readily and meaningfully with the Jewish community Word origin [1940–45; reconstruction + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blockbuster, redline, sealant, snorkel, update-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism) |
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