deconstruct
deconstruct
Definition
de·con·struct (dē′kən strukt′)
transitive verb
- to analyze (a text) by using deconstruction
- to subject to rigorous analysis, as to reveal weakness or error
- 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.
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