Associations to the word «Deconstruct»

Wiktionary

DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) (often metaphorical) To break something down into its component parts.
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) To analyse (generally).
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) To critique (generally).
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) (especially US sports) To destroy.

Dictionary definition

DECONSTRUCT, verb. Interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats