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re·con·struc·tion·ism | \ ˌrē-kən-ˈstrək-shə-ˌni-zəm 
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\Definition of reconstructionism
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
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reconstructionist \ ˌrē-kən-ˈstrək-sh(ə-)nist \ adjective or noun, often capitalized
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