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deconstruct

[ dee-kuhn-struhkt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle.


deconstruct

/ ˌ徱ːəˈٰʌ /

verb

  1. to apply the theories of deconstruction to (a text, film, etc)
  2. to expose or dismantle the existing structure in (a system, organization, etc)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deconstruct1

Apparently back formation from deconstruction
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Such images may infer that the director is deconstructing his work in one medium with another, but there was nothing so intentional on his mind.

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The focus on the control-room panic illustrates how these corporate narratives shape the myth of the American Dream, effectively deconstructing the fantasy that any of this was ever about luck at all.

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The Beatles are not just the most successful musical act of all time; they are perhaps the most analyzed, deconstructed and dissected entertainers since the dawn of recorded music.

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From deconstructed pianos to sensory deprivation rooms that play her sermons to colorful laser projections, Coltrane’s legacy is in the hands of these American artists.

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In those initial steps of self-definition, deconstructing the political and religious maps I’d grown up with, I had feared my parents’ disappointment.

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