deconstructive
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- adjective
- /ˌdiːkənˈstrʌktɪv/
- Formal
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deconstructivo
- Butler's deconstructive projects can be an enrichment of both inquiry and praxis.
- deconstructive meditation
- deconstructive reading
- deconstructive criticism
This is what is later going to be called quite commonly, A genealogical approach, but is also called a deconstructive approach as well.
- This is what is later going to be called quite commonly, A genealogical approach, but is also called a deconstructive approach as well.
- As if there's a kind of as if there's a level of of irony and cynicism and deconstructive contempt beneath undermining.
Examples
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His paper "The Critic as Host" is an example of the deconstructive process at work.
Academic text (2001) -
You can see that Baba takes, with respect to the binarism of structuralism, A deconstructive attitude.
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This is what is later going to be called quite commonly, A genealogical approach, but is also called a deconstructive approach as well.
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First, in a typical deconstructive move, he notes that parasite is part of a binary.
Academic text (2001) -
The construction of a hypertext is also an excellent tool for the deconstructive process of postmodernist approaches.
Academic text (1992) -
Viewed in this light, deconstructive criticism reduces all humanistic studies of man to "a tale... nothing."
Academic text (1991) -
Unlike much deconstructive criticism, a rhetorical deconstruction is never an end in itself.
Academic text (1991) -
Feminist postmodern and deconstructive analyses of both literature and film have posed problems for the complex.
Academic text (2001) -
To concentrate one's deconstructive efforts on printed pages of anthropological texts is to discount this larger matrix.
Academic text (1993) -
His article offers a deconstructive analysis of the novel, revealing deeper meanings and interpretations.
Synonyms
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Using a method that finds hidden ideas in texts
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About problems people have when they try to explain or understand something
How Deconstructive
- Formal
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8.0
210
3.8
51
5.1
- US
17
6.3
28
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
deconstructive = deconstruct (semi-transparent) = de + construct + ive
While formed by 'deconstruct' + '-ive', the academic/philosophical sense (analysis of texts and ideas) carries specialized meaning beyond the simple notion of 'take apart'.
Etymology
Deconstructive comes from the parts de- ('remove') and construct ('build') and is linked to the idea of deconstruction, a method made famous by the philosopher Jacques Derrida that means 'take ideas apart'. So a deconstructive analysis breaks a text or idea into pieces to show hidden meanings or assumptions.