DECONSTRUCTION


Meaning of DECONSTRUCTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdē-kən-ˈstrək-shən ]

noun

Etymology: French déconstruction, from dé- de- + construction

Date: 1973

1. : a philosophical or critical method which asserts that meanings, metaphysical constructs, and hierarchical oppositions (as between key terms in a philosophical or literary work) are always rendered unstable by their dependence on ultimately arbitrary signifiers ; also : an instance of the use of this method

a deconstruction of the nature-culture opposition in Rousseau's work

2. : the analytic examination of something (as a theory) often in order to reveal its inadequacy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.