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deconstruct Definition

de·con·struct (dē′kən strukt)

transitive verb

  1. to analyze (a text) by using deconstruction
  2. to subject to rigorous analysis, as to reveal weakness or error
  3. to take apart; disassemble

Etymology: back-form. < deconstruction

deconstruct Usage Examples

Object

  • myth: We always have to deconstruct the myths that people have about the city.
  • notion: Can, for that matter, anyone sensibly deconstruct the notion of " learning how to learn " ?
  • concept: The philosophies of Heidegger, Strauss, Arendt and Sartre are used to deconstruct the concept of the ( legal ) subject.
  • text: You will learn how to analyze and deconstruct media texts, how to plan, produce and evaluate a range of media texts.
  • image: Most images at the site subvert the traditional approach in such a way as to deconstruct those images ' identifiers into bits of associations.
  • way: I force myself to deconstruct the way I work.

Preposition: into

  • part: Can it be deconstructed into component parts and measured?

Modifying Another Word

  • then: Then deconstruct the marked up document into a series of element definitions in a separate file.
  • playfully: Even postmodernism, which is supposed to playfully deconstruct or reassemble the elements of the past, has frequently been reduced to a method.
  • systematically: Starting from ' the basics ' I have systematically deconstructed & reassembled many times the ideas behind these models.
  • also: He first utilized electronic music devices to create imagery, and also deconstructed the TV to create electronic imagery.

Noun used with modifier

  • we'd: As part of a theater company embodying questions about life weâd deconstruct long held ideas through physical theater.
  • life: As part of a theater company embodying questions about life weâd deconstruct long held ideas through physical theater.

Used with why or when

  • what: We took a new road and began to deconstruct what we have done previously.

Preposition: in

  • way: Or else, equally ironically, we are deconstructing that which neoliberalism is itself already attempting to deconstruct in even more radical ways.