Today’s “Word of the Day” is “construct“ and it is a noun meaning “idea, notion, concept, thought (a subjective/personal one, not an empirical/practical one)”.
Example Sentence: The Tamil movie Jai Bhim portrayed the discrimination experienced by the Irula community, the second largest of the 36 tribal communities in Tamil Nadu. They are traditional healers, snake and rat catchers, but now primarily migrate to different places to work in brick kilns, rice mills, etc. Like many Adivasi groups in India, the Irulas also continue to suffer the stigma of criminality due to the Habitual Offenders Act, 1952, which replaced the colonial Criminal Tribes Act, 1871. This law is a “crude colonial construct”, which should be repealed at the earliest.
This word is present in The Hindu article The path to righting historical wrongs and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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