Meanings
comparative more deconstructionist · superlative most deconstructionist · alternative Deconstructionist
- human sciencesCharacteristic of, related to, or supporting deconstructionism
“[…] 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.”
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN1 more example
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.
2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times
plural deconstructionists · alternative Deconstructionist
- human sciencesA proponent of deconstructionism
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