deconstruction
noun
the act or practice of breaking something down into constituent parts.
deconstructionist
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a word derived from
deconstruction.
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a word derived from
deconstructionism.
deconstructionismnounthe theory or principles of a philosophical and critical movement that questions all traditional assumptions about the ability of language to represent reality and emphasizes that a text has no stable reference or meaning.
Example Sentences
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Foreman directed that premiere, working with Wooster Group ensemble members, including Kate Valk, who is now co-directing this deconstructionist revival with Wooster Group leader Elizabeth LeCompte.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
He won't stop being who he always was, meaning an actor who takes on crowd-pleasing projects and a guy who calls himself an "anarchist, Marxist, ethical hedonist, nondiscriminatory empath, epistemological deconstructionist Texan."
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2023
It was a technique popularized by the French deconstructionist Jacques Derrida, who argued that certain words contain their own negation, which he signified by crossing them out.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Letter to Jane is simply a deconstructionist essay/harangue, narrated by Godard and Gorin, critiquing the photo of Fonda, and also US leftism and Hollywood stardom.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2019
In reaction to claims that literacy carried through time, a general deconstructionist attitude challenges the permanency of philosophical tractate, of scientific systems, of mathematics, political discourse and, probably more than anything else, of literature.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
