Main Entry: re·con·struc·tion·ism

Pronunciation: \-shə-ˌni-zəm\

Function: noun

Usage: often capitalized

Date: 1942

1 : a movement in 20th century American Judaism that advocates a creative adjustment to contemporary conditions through the cultivation of traditions and folkways shared by all Jews
2 : advocacy of post-Civil War reconstruction

— re·con·struc·tion·ist \-sh(ə-)nist\ adjective or noun often capitalized