Definition of Deconstructive

1. Adjective. Tending to deconstruct; of or relating to deconstruction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deconstructive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deconstructive

deconsecrating
deconsecration
deconsecrations
deconsolidation
deconsolidations
deconstruct
deconstructable
deconstructed
deconstructing
deconstruction
deconstructional
deconstructionism
deconstructionist
deconstructionists
deconstructions
deconstructive
deconstructively
deconstructivism
deconstructivist
deconstructivistic
deconstructivists
deconstructor
deconstructors
deconstructs
decontaminate
decontaminated
decontaminates
decontaminating
decontamination
decontaminations

Literary usage of Deconstructive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Conceptions of Social Inquiry by J. J. Snyman (1993)
"One could therefore say that a deconstructive approach would utilize various ... The fact is that, as practised by Derrida, deconstructive thinking is ..."

2. Passive Tranquility: The Sculpture of Filippo Della Valle by Vernon Hyde Minor (1997)
"Kant's discussion of the parergon, or frame, has led Jacques Derrida to further, deconstructive considerations of how things frame. ..."

3. Alternative Farming Systems by K. Schnieder (1994)
"A critical rural sociology has played a key role in pushing forward the deconstructive project that has been instrumental in creating this space. ..."

4. Isaiah Berlin's Counter-Enlightenment by Joseph Mali, Robert Wokler (2003)
"Again the effect (if not necessarily the intention) is deconstructive. If ideas are no longer the focus of attention, it is much harder to define and defend ..."

5. What Happened to the Women?: Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations by Ruth Rubio-Marín (2006)
"... consolidated in a way that would doom a project seeking to understand "gender and reparations" to being one of a primarily deconstructive nature and one ..."

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