Definition of deconstruction in English:

deconstruction

noun diːk(ə)nˈstrʌkʃ(ə)nˌdikənˈstrəkʃən

mass noun

A method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.
Example sentencesExamples
- In philosophical terms, deconstruction is a form of relativist scepticism in the tradition of Nietzsche.
- Many contemporary writers are familiar with the procedures of post-structuralism and deconstruction.
- Alas, these are the only two texts critical of deconstruction that I have ever found that also understand it.
- Derrida has two main ways of exposing these textual interplays, deconstruction and double reading.
- Many authors have criticized Derrida's attempts to find an ethical basis for deconstruction.
Synonyms
analysis, examination, study, inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization, probe, probing, exploration, investigation, enquiry

Deconstruction focuses on a text as such rather than as an expression of the author's intention, stressing the limitlessness (or impossibility) of interpretation and rejecting the Western philosophical tradition of seeking certainty through reasoning by privileging certain types of interpretation and repressing others. It was effectively named and popularized by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida from the late 1960s and taken up particularly by US literary critics

Derivatives

deconstructionism

noun

He has criticized liberal Protestantism, Marxism, Hegelianism, naturalism and deconstructionism.
Example sentencesExamples
- Heschel applies a number of recent modes of analysis in explaining Geiger's oeuvre and assessing his career, drawing, for example, on gender theory, deconstructionism, and film theory.
- To learn about postmodernism is to immerse oneself in a new paradigm, one that emphasizes pluralism and local narratives, skepticism and re-examination, deconstructionism and hermeneutics.
- From the dialectic materialism of Hegel to the deconstructionism of Jacques Derrida, these traditions distinguished themselves from the Anglo-American schools of analytic thought in both their content and their methodologies.
- Pinker talks about relativism, social constructivism, science studies, cultural studies, critical theory, postmodernism, and deconstructionism.

deconstructionist

adjective & nounˌdiːk(ə)nˈstrʌkʃ(ə)nɪstˌdik(ə)nˈstrəkʃ(ə)nəst

He typifies as absurd the post-modern, deconstructionist school of literary criticism, which dismisses the importance of authorship or authorial intention, thus allowing a text to be read and interpreted in any way.
Example sentencesExamples
- His solution, in so far as it is meant to be that, lies in what has become in recent years one of his most celebrated views, thanks to its being so congenial to deconstructionists.
- The reader is charged with the responsibility for making meaning and interpreting the text because, the deconstructionist argument goes, the text no longer provides a singular, authoritative meaning - if indeed it ever did.
- They are like deconstructionists and post-modernists who say that everything is political or that everything is ideology.
- While reality is not so subjective as postmodern philosophers and deconstructionist literary critics would have us believe, the words we use can have a powerful effect.

Origin

Late 19th century (originally in the general sense 'taking to pieces'): from de- (expressing reversal) + construction.

Definition of deconstruction in US English:

deconstruction

nounˌdikənˈstrəkʃənˌdēkənˈstrəkSHən

A method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.
Deconstruction focuses on a text as such rather than as an expression of the author's intention, stressing the limitlessness (or impossibility) of interpretation and rejecting the Western philosophical tradition of seeking certainty through reasoning by privileging certain types of interpretation and repressing others. It was effectively named and popularized by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida from the late 1960s and taken up particularly by US literary critics
Example sentencesExamples
- Alas, these are the only two texts critical of deconstruction that I have ever found that also understand it.
- Many contemporary writers are familiar with the procedures of post-structuralism and deconstruction.
- Derrida has two main ways of exposing these textual interplays, deconstruction and double reading.
- In philosophical terms, deconstruction is a form of relativist scepticism in the tradition of Nietzsche.
- Many authors have criticized Derrida's attempts to find an ethical basis for deconstruction.
Synonyms
analysis, examination, study, inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization, probe, probing, exploration, investigation, enquiry

Origin

Late 19th century (originally in the general sense ‘taking to pieces’): from de- (expressing reversal) + construction.

单词	deconstruction
释义	Definition of deconstruction in English: deconstruction noun diːk(ə)nˈstrʌkʃ(ə)nˌdikənˈstrəkʃən mass noun A method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression. Example sentencesExamples In philosophical terms, deconstruction is a form of relativist scepticism in the tradition of Nietzsche. Many contemporary writers are familiar with the procedures of post-structuralism and deconstruction. Alas, these are the only two texts critical of deconstruction that I have ever found that also understand it. Derrida has two main ways of exposing these textual interplays, deconstruction and double reading. Many authors have criticized Derrida's attempts to find an ethical basis for deconstruction. Synonyms analysis, examination, study, inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization, probe, probing, exploration, investigation, enquiry Deconstruction focuses on a text as such rather than as an expression of the author's intention, stressing the limitlessness (or impossibility) of interpretation and rejecting the Western philosophical tradition of seeking certainty through reasoning by privileging certain types of interpretation and repressing others. It was effectively named and popularized by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida from the late 1960s and taken up particularly by US literary critics Derivatives deconstructionism noun He has criticized liberal Protestantism, Marxism, Hegelianism, naturalism and deconstructionism. Example sentencesExamples Heschel applies a number of recent modes of analysis in explaining Geiger's oeuvre and assessing his career, drawing, for example, on gender theory, deconstructionism, and film theory. To learn about postmodernism is to immerse oneself in a new paradigm, one that emphasizes pluralism and local narratives, skepticism and re-examination, deconstructionism and hermeneutics. From the dialectic materialism of Hegel to the deconstructionism of Jacques Derrida, these traditions distinguished themselves from the Anglo-American schools of analytic thought in both their content and their methodologies. Pinker talks about relativism, social constructivism, science studies, cultural studies, critical theory, postmodernism, and deconstructionism. deconstructionist adjective & nounˌdiːk(ə)nˈstrʌkʃ(ə)nɪstˌdik(ə)nˈstrəkʃ(ə)nəst He typifies as absurd the post-modern, deconstructionist school of literary criticism, which dismisses the importance of authorship or authorial intention, thus allowing a text to be read and interpreted in any way. Example sentencesExamples His solution, in so far as it is meant to be that, lies in what has become in recent years one of his most celebrated views, thanks to its being so congenial to deconstructionists. The reader is charged with the responsibility for making meaning and interpreting the text because, the deconstructionist argument goes, the text no longer provides a singular, authoritative meaning - if indeed it ever did. They are like deconstructionists and post-modernists who say that everything is political or that everything is ideology. While reality is not so subjective as postmodern philosophers and deconstructionist literary critics would have us believe, the words we use can have a powerful effect. Origin Late 19th century (originally in the general sense 'taking to pieces'): from de- (expressing reversal) + construction. Definition of deconstruction in US English: deconstruction nounˌdikənˈstrəkʃənˌdēkənˈstrəkSHən A method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression. Deconstruction focuses on a text as such rather than as an expression of the author's intention, stressing the limitlessness (or impossibility) of interpretation and rejecting the Western philosophical tradition of seeking certainty through reasoning by privileging certain types of interpretation and repressing others. It was effectively named and popularized by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida from the late 1960s and taken up particularly by US literary critics Example sentencesExamples Alas, these are the only two texts critical of deconstruction that I have ever found that also understand it. Many contemporary writers are familiar with the procedures of post-structuralism and deconstruction. Derrida has two main ways of exposing these textual interplays, deconstruction and double reading. In philosophical terms, deconstruction is a form of relativist scepticism in the tradition of Nietzsche. Many authors have criticized Derrida's attempts to find an ethical basis for deconstruction. Synonyms analysis, examination, study, inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization, probe, probing, exploration, investigation, enquiry Origin Late 19th century (originally in the general sense ‘taking to pieces’): from de- (expressing reversal) + construction.
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