construation

From construe +‎ -ation.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹuːeɪʃən/

construation (countable and uncountable, plural construations)

1. (rare, nonstandard) The act or process of construing.

   Synonyms: construal, construance, construction

   • 1943, John Thomas Daling, The Theory of Perception of Thomas Reid: An Exposition and Re-valuation, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, →OCLC, pages 175 and 292:

     At the level of perception the ideas or notions resulting from such construations are not simple nor accurate, but they can become so by further cognizing operations. […] aggressive, retreative, or indifferent; and functions for evaluative construations, or as Reid calls its for matters of taste, as in aesthetic appreciation, and perhaps even for moral and religious appreciation.

   • 1988, M.G. Venkatesha Murthy, R.K. Subramanian, “TIDA: An Intelligent System for Legal Consultation”, in P. V. S. Rao, P. Sadanandan, editors, Modern Trends in Information Technology: Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Convention of South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation, November 28–December 1, 1988, New Delhi, India, New Delhi: Tate McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 78:

     This gives rise to nonuniform and inconsistent construations of the legal variables and hence the rules involved. Such rules are therefore said to be “open textured”, i.e. their boundaries are not fixed. The much required uniform and consistent construations can be obtained by automated knowledge-based systems [HF85]. Such automated systems should be capable of focusing or viewing only at the particular or related fact situations or contexts as the lawyers do.

   • 2020 August 5, Jacqueline CoxTaylor, “Strategy Technique”, in Seeing What Is: The Education Challenges for Teachers and Their Students, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:

     [Michael] Halliday (2005) writes of the construation of human experience within writing. Inherent in comprehension of text is experience, culture and prior knowledge.

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