social construct
noun
formal
: an idea that has been created and accepted by the people in a society
Class distinctions are a social construct.
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Nobility is a social construct that conflates social status with positive character traits and has been used for centuries to justify the hoarding of power and wealth.
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F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
Supporters of transgender athlete participation argue that gender is a social construct, shaped by societal norms and cultural beliefs more so than by biology.
—Amanda Siegrist, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
Society has stubbornly clung to a social construct that lawyers tend to be unscrupulous, sometimes to the point of being predatory.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Beatty’s cascading, relentless prose conjures a world in which the ridiculousness of race as a social construct leads to high absurdity.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
So, indeed, race is not a biological reality but rather a social construct.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
Personhood for companies was a useful legal fiction, a social construct.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Race, some argue, is a social construct, a relic of the 18th century.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
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F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
Supporters of transgender athlete participation argue that gender is a social construct, shaped by societal norms and cultural beliefs more so than by biology.
—Amanda Siegrist, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
Society has stubbornly clung to a social construct that lawyers tend to be unscrupulous, sometimes to the point of being predatory.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Beatty’s cascading, relentless prose conjures a world in which the ridiculousness of race as a social construct leads to high absurdity.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
So, indeed, race is not a biological reality but rather a social construct.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
Personhood for companies was a useful legal fiction, a social construct.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Race, some argue, is a social construct, a relic of the 18th century.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Social construct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20construct. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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