de·con·struc·tion 
(dē′kən-strŭkshən)
(dē′kən-strŭkshən)n.
A philosophical movement and theory of literary criticism that questions traditional assumptions about certainty, identity, and truth; asserts that words can only refer to other words; and attempts to demonstrate how statements about any text subvert their own meanings.
de′con·structive adj.
de′con·struction·ism n.
de′con·struction·ist n. & adj.