deconstructionist

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English

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Etymology

deconstruction +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /diːkənˈstɹʌkʃənɪst/, /diːkənˈstɹʊkʃənɪst/

Adjective

deconstructionist (comparative more deconstructionist, superlative most deconstructionist)

  1. (chiefly philosophy) Characteristic of, related to, or supporting deconstructionism
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty , 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      “ […] He says it's going to be a deconstructionist reading of the play. That doesn't worry me, of course, because I've done deconstruction; but Mummy and Daddy may not like it.”
    • 2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times‎:
      Another way of circumventing — or, at least, limiting — this deconstructionist chitchat is by a de-neutered effort of will or an impeccable professional background outside the political arena altogether.

Noun

deconstructionist (plural deconstructionists)

  1. (philosophy) A proponent of deconstructionism

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