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deconstruct

 
Dictionary: de·con·struct   ('kən-strŭkt') pronunciation
tr.v., -struct·ed, -struct·ing, -structs.
  1. To break down into components; dismantle.
  2. To write about or analyze (a literary text, for example), following the tenets of deconstruction.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - analysere dekonstrukturalistisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
deconstrueren (filosofische methode van Derrida), structuur ontleden (organisatie etc.)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Littérat) déconstruire

Deutsch (German)
v. - kritisch analysieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναλύω, διαλύω τη δομή (συστήματος, οργανισμού κ.λπ.), αποδομώ (κείμενο, φιλμ)

Italiano (Italian)
decostruire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desconstruir

Русский (Russian)
разложить на данные части (теория анализа языка и литературы)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deconstruir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dekonstruera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
拆除, 解构, 拆析

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 拆除, 解構, 拆析

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분석하다, 분해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 取り壊す, 分解する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحلل لغه من الأدب أو فلسفه خاصه لإظهار عدم تناغم أجزائها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניתח באופן קריטי‬


 
 

 

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