Derrida

[ der-ee-dah ]

noun

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

Derrida

/ dɛrɪda /

noun

1. DerridaJacques19302004MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherWRITING: literary criticWRITING: deconstructionist Jacques. 1930–2004, French philosopher and literary critic, regarded as the founder of deconstruction: author of L'Ecriture et la différence (1967)

Example Sentences

Faye tried to recruit Derrida to take his side, but Derrida kept his distance.

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Derrida,” he emphasized, “does not want to privilege writing at the expense of speech.

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For Derrida, in 1965, as often, the start of the summer was rather glum.

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Barthes, Derrida, Foucault and Lacan were starting to develop the ideas that would revolutionize the humanities.

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Derrida, Deleuze, and Foucault were still in short trousers at the time.

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