Deconstruction Definition

dēkən-strŭkshən
noun
An analytic method, esp. of literary criticism, 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.
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The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.

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deconstruction
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deconstructions

Deconstruction Sentence Examples

  • The first task of the process of positive deconstruction, then, is to identify the underlying worldview.

  • The doctor's unraveling of the voting man's motives highlights his own internal deconstruction.

  • No assembly or deconstruction of the microwave needed.

  • My longer term project is a critical deconstruction of the concept of " classical economics " .

  • This is because his radical deconstruction of the Qur'an relies heavily on locating it within its original context.

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