deconstructverb [ T ]
/ˌdiː.kənˈstrʌkt//ˌdiː.kənˈstrʌkt/to break something down into its separate parts in order to understand its meaning, especially when this is different from how it was previously understood:
We should deconstruct the Western myth of human rights.
specialized literature to examine a text in detail in order to show there is no fixed meaning but that it can be understood in a different way by each reader :
He likes to deconstruct obscure religious texts.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- branch
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- drift
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- riven
- tear 1
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