Science and mythology are often construed as antipodes: the realm of hard facts versus that of full-blown fantasy.
For example, task difficulty, task novelty and aging all typically involve increased reaction time and decreased accuracy27,28,29,30, which are often construed as behavioural metrics of cognitive effort.
Good governance is often construed as an essentially humanitarian preoccupation, a civil-society concern that is forever trumped by more pressing strategic obligations.
As he remarks in the Miscellanies preface, "Pride, Ostentation, Insolence, Cruelty, and every kind of Villany, are often construed into True Greatness of Mind".
In epistemology, contextualists are often construed as holding that both the skeptic ("You don't know!") and her opponent ("Oh, yes I do!") speak truthfully when they debate.
Authenticity and consistency aren't necessarily valued for their own sake, and the concealment of authentic honne behind conventional tatemae is often construed as an act of unselfishness and sociability, rather than of deception or hypocrisy.
Although my work deals with young people and their privacy, it is often construed as a concern for social privacy, and I'm curious about some of the questions around surveillance and privacy relating to institutions and corporations.
Still, in a movie culture consumed by youth and its trappings — vampires, werewolves, stoners and superheroes — Meyers's decision to pay attention to a part of the population that is often construed (and often construes itself) to be invisible stands out in bold relief.
Iran's claim of dominating four Arab capitals (Damascus, Baghdad, Beirut and Sanaa), for example, is often construed by regional observers as tantamount to the rise of a new Persian empire, ignoring that these are four disastrously failed states, to put it mildly.
While certain comments commonly and unmaliciously directed at the illustrious are often construed by their audience as hurtful — e.g., "I've been a fan of yours since I was a tiny child," "I think I just read something of yours!"— many other comments fall under the gauzy heading "Depends on Situation".
To the twenty-first-century historian, the period from the late nineteenth century until the end of the Cold War is distinctive for its nationalist preoccupations, while internationalism is often construed as the purview of ideologues and idealists, a remnant of Enlightenment-era narratives of the progress of humanity into a global community.
