efterhandskonstruktion
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]efterhand + -s- + konstruktion
Noun
[edit]efterhandskonstruktion c
- an (often contrived and/or dishonest) explanation for an event brought up (a significant time) after the event (in order to defend oneself or the like), an ex post facto construction
- Nu hävdar de att han sparkades på grund av problem med anställningskontraktet. Det låter som en efterhandskonstruktion.
- Now they're claiming that he was fired due to problems with his employment contract. That sounds like something they made up afterwards.
- something constructed later than one might think (more generally)
- Receptet jag skrev är en efterhandskonstruktion. Egentligen har jag alltid gått på känn.
- The recipe I wrote is an efterhandskonstruktion. In reality, I've always winged it.
Declension
[edit]Declension of efterhandskonstruktion