deconstruct
To break something down into its component parts.
Verb
- To break something down into its component parts.
Antonyms: construct reconstruct
- To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
- To analyse in general.
- To question and reexamine the beliefs taught in one's religious upbringing.
- To critique.
- To prepare (a dish) in an experimental way that presents the core ingredients separately.
- To destroy.
Origin
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.
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deconstructability deconstructable deconstructible deconstructive deconstructively deconstructivism deconstructor undeconstructed