A method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.

The professor's lecture on deconstruction challenged students to question the underlying assumptions in the text.

The process of taking apart or examining something in order to understand it or to reveal its composition.

The deconstruction of the old building revealed its original architectural features.

deconstructionприлагательное

Relating to or characteristic of the philosophical method or practice of deconstruction.

The course offered a deconstruction perspective on modern literature.