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English
Etymology
From Derrida + -an.
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Adjective
Derridan (comparative more Derridan, superlative most Derridan)
- Of or relating to Jacques Derrida (born Jackie Élie Derrida; 1930–2004), French philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction.
1980 June 5, Roger Poole, “Roger Poole on the seductions and dangers of structuralism”, in London Review of Books, volume 02, number 11, →ISSN:This is the final Derridan manoeuvre, the showing up of ‘blind spots’ in a text, or the ‘blindness’ of an author to certain textual ‘différances’ or ‘suppléments’ in his own text, operative though not observed.
Noun
Derridan (plural Derridans)
- A follower of Jacques Derrida.
1982 August 19, John Sturrock, “On the Verge of Collapse”, in London Review of Books, volume 04, number 15, →ISSN:One could say that in Blanchot the absent is more present than the present, and there are many occasions in reading him when he stands out as a Derridan avant la lettre.