reconstructionist

plural reconstructionists

1. Someone who attempts to reestablish an ancient or historic religion in the modern era.
2. One who builds a reconstruction of a scene or event.

   As with biomechanics, the majority of traffic accident reconstructionists work primarily for insurance industry.

   2005, Larry S. Nordhoff, Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries, page 34

comparative more Reconstructionist · superlative most Reconstructionist

1. JudaismOf or pertaining to Reconstructionist Judaism.First known use 20th c.

   Rabbi Sherry Shulewitz, associate executive director of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, explains that in the Reconstructionist view, “conversion is a gateway to membership in the Jewish people and a gift that the Jewish people offer new members.”

   1998, Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg, Adoption and the Jewish Family: Contemporary Perspectives, Philadelphia and Jerusalem: The Jewish Publication Society, →ISBN, page 13

plural Reconstructionists

1. JudaismcountableSomeone who adheres to Reconstructionist Judaism.First known use 20th c.

   Reconstructionists view the Jewish people as the unchanging constant through history in which beliefs, practices, and institutions have continuously evolved.

   2007 August 28, Jacob J. Staub, edited by Stephen H. Norwood, Eunice G. Pollack, Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, volume 1, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 93