Derridan

comparative more Derridan · superlative most Derridan · alternative Derridean

1. 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.

   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.

   1980 June 5, Roger Poole, “Roger Poole on the seductions and dangers of structuralism”, in London Review of Books, volume 02, number 11, →ISSN

plural Derridans · alternative Derridean

1. A follower of Jacques Derrida.

   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.

   1982 August 19, John Sturrock, “On the Verge of Collapse”, in London Review of Books, volume 04, number 15, →ISSN