deconstructionist
English
Alternative forms
- Deconstructionist
Etymology
deconstruction + -ist
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːkənˈstɹʌkʃənɪst/, /diːkənˈstɹʊkʃənɪst/
Adjective
deconstructionist (comparative more deconstructionist, superlative most deconstructionist)
- (chiefly philosophy) Characteristic of, related to, or supporting deconstructionism
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:
- “ […] 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.
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Noun
deconstructionist (plural deconstructionists)
- (philosophy) A proponent of deconstructionism
See also
Deconstruction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia