社しゃ会かい構こう築ちく主しゅ義ぎ

noun

social constructionism

Academic term in sociology and philosophy; refers to the theory that knowledge and social phenomena are constructed through human interaction and shared meanings.

• 社しゃ会かい構こう築ちく主しゅ義ぎの立たち場ばから見みると、現げん実じつは客きゃっ観かん的てきに存そん在ざいするのではなく、人ひと々びとの相そう互ご作さ用ようによって作つくられる。

  From the standpoint of social constructionism, reality is not objectively given but is created through people's interactions.