Example Sentences

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He was a deconstructionist jazz master of liminal space.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Gubbiotti’s show at Civilian Art Projects’ current pop-up location demonstrates both his construction skills and his deconstructionist approach.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

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 Nadin, Mihai