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deconstruct
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de·con·struct  (dkn-strkt)
tr.v. de·con·struct·ed, de·con·struct·ing, de·con·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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Verb1.deconstruct - interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
rede, interpret - give an interpretation or explanation to


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But after all, in the Weakness of God, we may not be reading a work of deconstructive philosophy, so much as an experiment in poststructuralist biblical theology.
[T]he youth to whom we refer, are permitted to wander from street to street, to indulge in every species of juvenile dissipation, and to imbibe habits, the most pernicious to their future interests, and deconstructive of every moral and social obligation.
Fuksas' buildings want to be icons as pleasing to the boss of Grappa exporters Nardini as to King Giorgio of deconstructive tailoring.
 
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