deconstruction

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19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/diːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/(UK)
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/diːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/(UK) · /diːkənˈstɹʊkʃən/(UK)

Definition of deconstruction

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.
    “He shall be empowered to require the immediate deconstruction and re-execution to his satisfaction of any such work as may appear to him to have been executed improperly […]”
    “A group of men demand a reform the beginning of which must be a work of deconstruction, if I may use such a word.”

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Etymology

From de- + construction or deconstruct + -ion.

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