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deconstruct en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌdiːkənˈstɹʊkt/ (Northern-England)
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• /ˌdiːkənˈstɹʌkt/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
• /ˌdikənˈstɹʌkt/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct English deconstruct From de- + construct.

Meanings

1. (figuratively, often, transitive) To break something down into its component parts.
2. (transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
3. (transitive) To analyse in general.
4. (intransitive) To question and reexamine the beliefs taught in one's religious upbringing.
5. (transitive) To critique.
6. (transitive) To prepare (a dish) in an experimental way that presents the core ingredients separately.
7. (US, especially, transitive) To destroy.

Forms

Antonyms

construct · reconstruct

Deriveds

deconstructable · deconstructor · deconstructively · deconstructive · deconstructible · deconstructability · deconstructivism · undeconstructed

Relateds

deconstruction

Translations (13)

mi tukituki (break down) · ru разбира́ть (break down) · fr déconstruire (break down) · ro dezasambla (break down) · pt desconstruir (break down) · it decostruire (break down) · ja 脱構築する (break down) · ru деконструи́ровать (break down) · de dekonstruieren (break down) · de abbauen (break down) · ru разобра́ть (break down) · fi purkaa (break down) · cmn 解構 /解构 (break down)