Derrideanadj.n.
/dᵻˈrɪdɪən/, U.S. /dəˈrɪdiən/ Philosophy and Literary Theory.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the theories and methods of critical analysis associated with Jacques Derrida, esp. deconstruction (deconstruction n. b).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [adjective] > types of literary criticism
genetic1880
intertextual1904
form-historical1928
form-critical1933
New Critical1945
Leavisite1946
Leavisian1947
Arnoldian1953
post-structural1961
post-structuralist1967
Barthesian1971
Derridean1973
narratological1975
deconstructive1977
new historicist1985
1973 Jrnl. Philos. 70 171 The Derridean enterprise is of course full of difficulties, and he and ‘analytic’ philosophers are only just beginning to get to grips with each other.
1982 J. Culler On Deconstruction (1983) iii. 228 There were many complaints..about the mechanical application of Derridean deconstruction, in America, to literary studies.
2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 7 Aug. 70/1 Microscopically close readings of cheapo schlock..and Derridean autopsies of made-for-TV dross.
B. n.
An advocate or follower of theories associated with Derrida; a deconstructionist.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [noun] > deconstructionism (in Derrida) > adherent of
deconstructor1978
Derridean1978
deconstructionist1982
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > types of literary criticism > exponent of
form-historian1928
form-critic1933
contextualist1936
New Critic1941
style critic1959
Barthesian1966
new historicist1971
narratologist1974
post-structuralist1974
deconstructor1978
Derridean1978
deconstructionist1982
1978 MLN 93 1041 One need not be an awe-struck Derridean or blind to the excesses of mindless ‘derridoodling’ to recognize Derrida's importance.
1992 M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) vxi. 400 Eco rained on the Derrideans' parade by linking the father of deconstruction to Renaissance madness.
2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Nov. 92/3 Taylor no longer describes himself as a Derridean, but you can still read Derrida's influence in Taylor's love of the ambiguous and the incongruous and his scorn for the idea that philosophy can proceed from universally accepted axioms.
Derivatives
Deˈrrideanism n. = deconstructionism n. at deconstruction n. Derivatives.
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1982 Minnesota Rev. 19 103 (title) Deconstruction/mediation: a dialectical critique of ‘Derrideanism’.
2004 New Republic 9 Feb. 28/2 At the precise moment when Derrideanism became a dead letter in France, it was resurrected in North America.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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