Definitions for deconstruction
ˌdi kənˈstrʌk ʃənde·con·struc·tion

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1. deconstruction, deconstructionismnoun

   a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning

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1. deconstructionnoun

   the process of criticising or interpreting a text by the method of deconstruction.

2. deconstructionnoun

   A philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning. This method questions the ability of language to represent a fixed reality, and proposes that a text has no stable meaning because words only refer to other words, that metaphysical or ethnocentric assumptions about the meaning of words must be questioned, and words may be redefined in new contexts and new, equally valid and even contradictory meanings may be found. Such new interpretations may be based on the philosophical, political, or social implications of the words of a text, rather than solely on attempts to determine the author's intentions. RHUD MW10

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1. deconstructionnoun

   a philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis

2. deconstructionnoun

   The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.

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1. Deconstruction

   Deconstruction is any of a loosely-defined set of approaches to understanding the relationship between text and meaning. The concept of deconstruction was introduced by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, who described it as a turn away from Platonism's ideas of "true" forms and essences which take precedence over appearances. Since the 1980s, these proposals of language's fluidity instead of being ideally static and discernible have inspired a range of studies in the humanities, including the disciplines of law,: 3–76  anthropology, historiography, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psychoanalysis, LGBT studies, and feminism. Deconstruction also inspired deconstructivism in architecture and remains important within art, music, and literary criticism.

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1. deconstruction

   Deconstruction is a philosophical theory and concept developed by French philosopher Jacques Derrida, primarily used in literary and cultural analysis. It involves questioning and contesting the traditional assumptions, binary oppositions, and hierarchical structures in text, language, Western thought, and society. Through critical analysis, deconstruction seeks to expose and subvert the underlying biases or contradictions, suggesting that meaning is always complex, uncertain, and not fixed. As a methodology, it challenges the supremacy of author's intent and promotes multiple interpretations.

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1. Deconstruction

   Deconstruction is a form of semiotic analysis, derived mainly from French philosopher Jacques Derrida's 1967 work Of Grammatology. Its first task, starting with philosophical texts and afterwards in literary and juridical ones, is to overturn all the binary oppositions of metaphysics. Derrida's theories of Deconstruction first demonstrate that in a classical philosophical opposition readers are not confronted to the peaceful coexistence of a vis-à-vis, but rather with a violent hierarchy. One of the two terms governs the other, or one of the two terms is dominant. The deconstruction of the opposition, is to overturn the hierarchy at a given moment. To overlook this phase of overturning is to forget the conflictual and subordinating structure of opposition. The final task of deconstruction is not to surpass all oppositions; because it is assumed that they are structurally necessary to produce sense, they cannot be suspended once and for all. They need to be analyzed and criticized in all their manifestations; the function of both logical and axiological oppositions must be studied in all discourses to provide meaning and values. Deconstruction does not only expose how oppositions work and how meaning and values are produced in a nihilistic or cynic position, "thereby preventing any means of intervening in the field effectively". To be effective, and simply as its mode of practice, deconstruction creates new notions or concepts, not to synthesize the terms in opposition, but to mark their difference, undecidability, and eternal interplay.

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   The numerical value of deconstruction in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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   The numerical value of deconstruction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of deconstruction in a Sentence

1. Andrea Lafferty:

   At the end of this is the deconstruction of gender - absolutely, the majority of people pushing (this) are not saying that – but that clearly is the motivation.

2. Beau Biden:

   This can not go on. It's a deconstruction of a democratic system, the words of a president matter -- even a lousy president. It gives encouragement to people who are spouting irrational views.

3. Steve Bannon:

   If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason and that is the deconstruction, the way the progressive left runs, is if they can't get it passed, they're just gonna put in some sort of regulation in -- in an agency, that's all gonna be deconstructed and I think that that's why this regulatory thing is so important.

4. Barry Stockwell:

   Ten years ago, when performing our annual gingerbread display cleaning, we noticed bees were very attracted to the sugar on the displays after deconstruction, we decided to bring the display pieces to our Disney tree farm and lay them out in our field to give the bees a chance to collect the sugar on the wooden structures.

5. Stephen Bannon:

   If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason and that is the deconstruction. The way the progressive left runs, is if they can't get it passed, they're just going to put in some sort of regulation in an agency.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=deconstruction
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=deconstruction
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deconstruction
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=deconstruction