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Meaning construction: the active cognitive process of

Meaning construction: the active cognitive process of building meaning from raw experience through deliberate interpretation, rather than discovering pre-existing meaning that was waiting to be found

Why This Is a Definition

Genus: active cognitive process. Differentia: building through interpretation, not discovering pre-existing.

Source Lessons

L-1401

Meaning is constructed not found

There is no pre-existing meaning waiting to be discovered — you build it.

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