deconstruct
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Etymology
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[edit]deconstruct (third-person singular simple present deconstructs, present participle deconstructing, simple past and past participle deconstructed)
- (transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts.
- (transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
- (transitive) To analyse in general.
- (transitive) To critique.
- (transitive, especially US sports) To destroy.
- 2014 June 16, Ian Levy, The Spurs’ Deconstruction of the Heat Is Now Complete[1]:
Usage notes
[edit]Narrowly used as a specific kind of literary analysis and criticism; broadly used as a fancy term to mean analysis, criticism, destruction, etc.
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[edit]break down
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