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Either you build it brick by brick, or your mind invented it whole.

means To assemble something piece by piece, or a noun for an idea the mind builds rather than finds in nature.

from From Latin construere, to pile up together: con (with) plus struere (to stack), the same root that frames structure.

Two stressesCON-struct the noun, con-STRUCT the verb.
Social usageGender and race are called social constructs, not facts.
Test worldIn psychology, a construct is an unmeasurable trait like intelligence.
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