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   De·con·struct

   /ˌdēkənˈstrək(t)/

   

   verb

   • 1. analyze (a text or a linguistic or conceptual system) by deconstruction, typically in order to expose its hidden internal assumptions and contradictions and subvert its apparent significance or unity: "she likes to deconstruct the texts, to uncover what they are not saying"
   • ▪ reduce (something) to its constituent parts in order to reinterpret it: "do we need to deconstruct all the institutions that we've created in order to improve them?"

   Word Origin late 19th century: back-formation from deconstruction.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deconstructive adjective

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