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Definition of Deconstruct
1. Verb. Interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing. "Sam and Sue deconstruct the movie "
Definition of Deconstruct
1. Verb. (context: often metaphorical) To break something down into its component parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deconstruct
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deconstruct
Literary usage of Deconstruct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Test Talk: Integrating Test Preparation Into Reading Workshop by Amy H. Greene, Glennon Doyle Melton (2007)
"They must be able to construct and deconstruct words with confidence, not just
memorize how to spell them. Learning how words are built directly parallels ..."
2. Nation Against State: A New Approach to Ethnic Conflicts and the Decline of by Gidon Gottlieb (1993)
"A new space for nations is an approach that tries to delink these issues, to
deconstruct them into several components, and to reassemble them in a creative ..."
3. Reality Checks: Teaching Reading Comprehension with Nonfiction by Tony Stead (2006)
"We knew that for children to be successful with this, they first needed to learn
how to deconstruct text, then use their notes to reconstruct. ..."
4. Eternally Yours: Time in Design : Product, Value, Sustenanceby Ed van Hinte by Ed van Hinte (2004)
"After the iconological deconstruct ion of products, we should not only try to
... We should also try to understand what remains after this deconstruct ion: ..."
5. Knowledge Shared: Participatory Evaluation in Development Cooperation by Edward T. Jackson, Yusuf Kassam (1998)
"Postmodernism, recognizing a multitude of perspectives and approaches, seeks
to “deconstruct,” or pull apart, the grand themes by engaging in an analysis of ..."
6. The Translator as Intercultural Mediator by Eleonora Federici (2006)
"Translations thus form an intertextual web of cultural practices of subjugation
which construct images of otherness and counter-discourse that deconstruct ..."
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