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