DECONSTRUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deconstruct mean? 

• DECONSTRUCT (verb)
  The verb DECONSTRUCT has 1 sense:

1. interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing

  Familiarity information: DECONSTRUCT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECONSTRUCT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deconstruct    ... he / she / it deconstructs   
Past simple: deconstructed   
Past participle: deconstructed   
-ing form: deconstructing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "deconstruct" is one way to...):

interpret; rede (give an interpretation or explanation to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue deconstruct the movie

Derivation:

deconstruction (a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning)