constructivism
noun
con·struc·tiv·ism
kən-ˈstrək-ti-ˌvi-zəm 
often capitalized
: a nonobjective art movement originating in Russia and concerned with formal organization of planes and expression of volume in terms of modern industrial materials (such as glass and plastic)
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The folly of this idea was made evident by the version presented by the Apollon Musagète and La Jolla Music Society favorite Garrick Ohlsson, with a treatment that emphasized the quintet’s powerful brutality and midcentury constructivism.
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Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
Indignation is not the only element in this series, which takes its style from Russian constructivism and its two-color scheme from the Risograph, a Japanese duplicating machine.
—Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
The design might look as if it has been influenced by the early video games that attempted to render the world in large polygons, but WayRay says it is actually inspired by Russian constructivism, the abstract art movement that created many of the geometric propaganda posters used in the USSR.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2021
One output of this research is four strategies for effective engagement—conservatism, opportunism, constructivism, and activism.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Cognitive dissonance must afflict anyone advocating for social constructivism in today’s rigidly neoliberal corporate environment.
—Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
His argument draws on a deeper critical constructivism that emphasizes the productive power of political narrative.
—Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2019
Social neuroscience reveals social cognition to be something materially real, neurophysiologically realised, regardless of all questions from cultural relativism or social constructivism...
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2016
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Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
Indignation is not the only element in this series, which takes its style from Russian constructivism and its two-color scheme from the Risograph, a Japanese duplicating machine.
—Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
The design might look as if it has been influenced by the early video games that attempted to render the world in large polygons, but WayRay says it is actually inspired by Russian constructivism, the abstract art movement that created many of the geometric propaganda posters used in the USSR.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2021
One output of this research is four strategies for effective engagement—conservatism, opportunism, constructivism, and activism.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
Cognitive dissonance must afflict anyone advocating for social constructivism in today’s rigidly neoliberal corporate environment.
—Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
His argument draws on a deeper critical constructivism that emphasizes the productive power of political narrative.
—Charli Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2019
Social neuroscience reveals social cognition to be something materially real, neurophysiologically realised, regardless of all questions from cultural relativism or social constructivism...
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2016
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