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Vinony

deconstruction

noun

  1. critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning
  2. selective dismantlement of building components
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /diːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/ / /diːkənˈstɹʊkʃən/

noun

Etymology: From de- + construction or deconstruct + -ion.

  1. A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.
  2. The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.

    “He shall be empowered to require the immediate deconstruction and re-execution to his satisfaction of any such work as may appear to him to have been executed improperly […]”

    “A group of men demand a reform the beginning of which must be a work of deconstruction, if I may use such a word.”