Associations to the word «Deconstruction»

Wiktionary

DECONSTRUCTION, noun. (philosophy) (literature) 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.
DECONSTRUCTION, noun. The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly.

Dictionary definition

DECONSTRUCTION, noun. A philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning.

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