reconstructionist

noun

re·​con·​struc·​tion·​ist ˌrē-kən-ˈstrək-sh(ə-)nist 

plural reconstructionists

1

or Reconstructionist : an adherent of Jewish reconstructionism

2

or Reconstructionist : an advocate of post-Civil War Reconstruction

3

: a person who reconstructs a past event (such as a car accident) as a profession

an accident reconstructionist

reconstructionist adjective

or Reconstructionist

Reconstructionist Judaism

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

For six weeks, Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis and his office interviewed victims and witnesses and worked with a crash reconstructionist to examine why the driver hit the cyclists. —Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021

The defense’s crash reconstructionist, Charles Gregory Russell, found errors in the initial crash report, leading Roberts to take new measurements and amend his report. —Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023

Crime scene reconstructionist Iris Graff agrees. —CBS News, 1 Oct. 2022

But in court Monday, St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar said a crash reconstructionist determined that the fatal accident was the result of Henderson losing sight of the road while leaning over to try to adjust the window, 5 On Your Side reports. —Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022

Centuries later, Americans exist between these two 19th-century poles -- reconstructionist and redemptionist -- and their opposition deepens the 21st-century social fractures confronting us about everything from classroom curricula to voting rights to the notion of truth itself. —Peniel E. Joseph, CNN, 4 Jan. 2022

This was an incentive for reconstructionist prospective students: there was no obligation for the school to be held accountable for patriarchal, homophobic, or racist beliefs. —Eve Ettinger, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020

Next, a reconstructionist might visit an impoundment lot to measure vehicle crush damage. —John H. Tucker, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022

Like their reconstructionist counterparts, redemptionists deployed multiple strategies. —Time, 15 Sep. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined at sense 2