Definition of Social construct
an ideal or system that exists only because humans have put it in place
Examples of Social construct in a sentence
The notion that women were incapable of performing some of the same jobs as men was a social construct, with no real basis in reality. 🔊
The outdated and awful idea of a person’s worth being based on their race is a social construct, created by humans and with no merit at all. 🔊
The human definition of time is a social construct, something that does not really exist, but that we have created for our own purposes. 🔊
The idea of trading symbolic currency for actual goods is a social construct, one created by humans and used almost explicitly by them. 🔊
An economic caste system is usually a social construct, where humans place worth on people based on the amount of wealth they have. 🔊
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