Derrida

American  

[der-ee-dah] / ˈdɛr iˌdɑ /

noun

1. Jacques, 1930–2004, French philosopher and literary critic, born in Algiers.

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Derrida British  

/ dɛrɪda /

noun

1. Jacques. 1930–2004, French philosopher and literary critic, regarded as the founder of deconstruction: author of L'Ecriture et la différence (1967)

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Example Sentences

But Lopatin is quick to take our conversation to a deeper level, invoking the ghostly idea — originally articulated by Jacques Derrida — of “hauntology” and cultural trash remixed into treasure.

From Los Angeles Times

A more serious term is "deconstructor," derived from the "deconstruction" concept pioneered by philosopher Jacques Derrida.

From Salon

As the Algerian French philosopher Jacques Derrida wrote: “A ghost never dies; it remains always to come and to come-back.”

From Los Angeles Times

He was anti-theory at a time when graduate students in the arts and humanities could not afford to be oblivious of Foucault, Derrida and the army of faddish post-modernists.

From Los Angeles Times

And he has engaged with other leading thinkers like Jacques Derrida, becoming one of the most important literary critics and philosophers in his native Japan.

From New York Times