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de·con·struc·tion (-struk′s̸hən)

noun

a method of literary analysis originated in France in the mid-20th cent. and based on a theory that, by the very nature of language and usage, no text can have a fixed, coherent meaning

Etymology: Fr déconstruction

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deconstruction Usage Examples

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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