'Reconstruction' definitions:
Definition of 'Reconstruction'
(from WordNet)
noun
The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 [syn: Reconstruction, Reconstruction Period]
noun
The activity of constructing something again
noun
An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
noun
Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall [syn: reconstruction, reconstructive memory]
Definition of 'Reconstruction'
From: GCIDE
- Reconstruction \Re`con*struc"tion\ (-str?k"sh?n), n.
- 1. The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reconstruction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- copy,
- duplication,
- imitation,
- palingenesis,
- re-creation,
- re-formation,
- reassembling,
- reassembly,
- rebirth,
- rebuilding,
- reconstitution,
- redesign,
- redoing,
- reedition,
- reestablishment,
- refabrication,
- refashioning,
- regeneration,
- regenesis,
- reinstitution,
- reissue,
- remaking,
- remodeling,
- renascence,
- renovation,
- reorganization,
- repetition,
- reprinting,
- reproduction,
- reshaping,
- restoration,
- restructuring,
- resurrection,
- revision,
- revival