Associations to the word «Deconstruct»

Wiktionary

DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) (often metaphorical) To break something down into its component parts.
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) To analyse (generally).
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) To critique (generally).
DECONSTRUCT, verb. (transitive) (especially US sports) To destroy.

Dictionary definition

DECONSTRUCT, verb. Interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky