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construal

NOUN
  1. an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing

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  • It is not anti-military, but it does reflect–to a biassed extent–the "ugly American" construal of US intervention in global affairs. Critics: 'Avatar' is anti-military & anti-religion
  • As he notes, on this construal, emergent properties will include both relational and non-relational properties.
  • In cognitive grammar, meaning variation of a linguistic unit resides in not only the entity it designates but also the construals imposed on the conceived situation.
  • It's not a mondegreen because the mis-construal is not part of a song or poem or similar performance.
  • Is this yet another convenient misconstrual of something else Isaid? The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy
  • I suspect that a careful study of the phenomena (which I have certainly not made) would reveal that these alternative construals are playing a role in the on-going changes in various uses of like, including quotative ‘be like’.
  • And this misconstrual is beyond foolish, for it is transparently clear what the counterexamples are for, and what thesis they are directed at. The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
  • True, a certain construal marks any theological interpretation, but perhaps that can be at least reduced and limited.
  • Is this yet another convenient misconstrual of something else I said? The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy
  • Is de Man now going to tell us that his liberal construal of Rousseau carries the authority of objective validity?
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