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Definition of Construals
1. construal [n] - See also: construal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Construals
Literary usage of Construals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"It is necessary to adjudicate between the plurality of construals of the meaning
of a text. "Naive" or first-stage interpretation thus calls for a kind of ..."
2. The Societal Aspects of Decision Making in Complex Radiological Situations by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"... on the other construals of risk. The first question to ask about risk perception
is what relation it has to real risk, or. to be more specific, ..."
3. When I'm 64 by Laura L. Carstensen, Christine R. Hartel (2006)
"Is it correct to assume that both of these construals are equally likely to
motivate behavior? Andrew Elliot and his colleagues have argued that all goals ..."
4. Shifting African Identities by S. B. Bekker, Martine Dodds, Meshack M. Khosa (2001)
"... whether African immigrant or French, whose construals of the "hybrid" youth
are always framed in monocultural terms, as either belonging to or different ..."
5. Shame about the Title: Poems that Point and Snicker by Matt Fitzgerald (1994)
"Do new construals come and go? What don'tI know that I don't know? Does time
reveal me prescient, Or dated and irrelevant? And do you find the poem rife ..."
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