Found 2 items, similar to deconstruction.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: deconstruction
deconstruction
n : 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 [syn:
deconstructionism]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: deconstruction
deconstruction
\de`con*struc"tion\
(d[-e]`k[u^]n*str[u^]k"sh[u^]n), n.
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. This method
questions the ability of language to represent a fixed
reality, and proposes that a text has no stable meaning
because words only refer to other words, that metaphysical or
ethnocentric assumptions about the meaning of words must be
questioned, and words may be redefined in new contexts and
new, equally valid and even contradictory meanings may be
found. Such new interpretations may be based on the
philosophical, political, or social implications of the words
of a text, rather than solely on attempts to determine the
author's intentions. --RHUD --MW10
Syn: deconstructionism.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. the process of criticising or interpreting a text by the
method of
deconstruction[1].
[PJC]