deconstructionist

Variant of deconstruction

deconstruction definition

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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