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Synonyms for deconstructionist


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dee-kuh n-struhk-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdi kənˈstrʌk ʃən



Définition of deconstructionist

Origin :
  • 1973, as a strategy of critical analysis, in translations from French of the works of philosopher Jacques Derrida (b.1930). The word was used in English in a literal sense from 1865 of building and architecture, and in late 1860s sometimes as an ironic variant of Reconstruction in the U.S. political sense.
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