deconstruction
noun/ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃn/
/ˌdiːkənˈstrʌkʃn/
[uncountable] (specialist)- (in literature and philosophy) a theory that states that it is impossible for a text to have one fixed meaning, and emphasizes the role of the reader in the production of meaning compare structuralismWord Originlate 19th cent. (originally in the general sense ‘taking to pieces’): from de- (expressing reversal) + construction.
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