Main Entry:

con·struc·tiv·ism

Pronunciation:

\kən-ˈstrək-ti-ˌvi-zəm\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often capitalized

Date:

1925

: a nonobjective art movement originating in Russia and concerned with formal organization of planes and expression of volume in terms of modern industrial materials (as glass and plastic)

— con·struc·tiv·ist \-vist\ adjective or noun often capitalized