deconstruction
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de·con·struc·tion (-struk′s̸hən)
noun
Etymology: Fr déconstruction
Related Forms:
- deconstructionist de′·con·struc′·tion·ist noun, adjective
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Converse of object
- call: Anyone familiar with Broomfield's work will know that it's never straight forward because he has heard of a little thing called deconstruction.
Adjective modifier
- critical: My longer term project is a critical deconstruction of the concept of " classical economics " .
Modifies a noun
- approach: Some merged the ideas of Michel Foucault about expressions of textual and social power with Derrida's deconstruction approach.
Noun used with modifier
- postmodern: That is a classic postmodern deconstruction of a passage of the Bible.
Preposition: in
- term: If one sees deconstruction in terms of the masculine subject, then ' woman ' becomes a metaphor for unrealized possibility.
Preposition: of
- text: The deconstruction of classic texts has been work that we have been doing now for more than a decade.
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