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deconstructions

deconstructions is the plural of deconstruction.

Meaning of deconstruction

Noun

deconstruction (countable and uncountable, plural deconstructions)

  1. A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression.
  2. The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.
    • He shall be empowered to require the immediate deconstruction and re-execution to his satisfaction of any such work as may appear to him to have been executed improperly […]1865, John Blenkarn, Practical specifications of works executed in architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, page 47

Questions about deconstructions

What is deconstructions the plural of?
Deconstructions is the plural of deconstruction.

Words near deconstructions in the dictionary

  1. deconstructional
  2. deconstructionism
  3. deconstructionisms
  4. deconstructionist
  5. deconstructionists
  6. deconstructions
  7. deconstructive
  8. deconstructively
  9. deconstructiveness
  10. deconstructivism
  11. deconstructivist

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