Pronunciation: - ' str ə k-ti- ˌ vi-z ə m
Function: noun
Usage: often cap
Date: 1988
: an architectural movement or style influenced by deconstruction that encourages radical freedom of form and the open manifestation of complexity in a building rather than strict attention to functional concerns and conventional design elements (as right angles or grids)
– de · con · struc · ti · vist \ -vist \ adjective or noun often cap