| DECONSTRUCT | • deconstruct v. (Transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts. • deconstruct v. (Transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism). • deconstruct v. (Transitive) To analyse in general. |
| DECONSECRATE | • deconsecrate v. To remove the consecration from a church or similar building. • DECONSECRATE v. to remove the sacred character of. |
| DECONSTRUCTS | • deconstructs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct. • DECONSTRUCT v. to examine (as a work of literature) using the methods of deconstruction. |
| DECONSECRATED | • deconsecrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of deconsecrate. • DECONSECRATE v. to remove the sacred character of. |
| DECONSECRATES | • deconsecrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate. • DECONSECRATE v. to remove the sacred character of. |
| DECONSTRUCTED | • deconstructed v. Simple past tense and past participle of deconstruct. • DECONSTRUCT v. to examine (as a work of literature) using the methods of deconstruction. |
| DECONSTRUCTOR | • deconstructor n. One who, or that which, deconstructs. • DECONSTRUCTOR n. one who deconstructs. |
| DECONSECRATING | • deconsecrating v. Present participle of deconsecrate. • DECONSECRATE v. to remove the sacred character of. |
| DECONSECRATION | • deconsecration n. The undoing of consecration; a desecration or defilement. • deconsecration n. A ritual observing the removal from service of a sacred place, such as the closing of a church. • DECONSECRATION n. the act of deconsecrating. |
| DECONSTRUCTING | • deconstructing v. Present participle of deconstruct. • DECONSTRUCT v. to examine (as a work of literature) using the methods of deconstruction. |
| DECONSTRUCTION | • deconstruction n. (Philosophy, literature) A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that… • deconstruction n. The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly. • DECONSTRUCTION n. interpreting literature so as to show the impossibility of a definite interpretation. |
| DECONSTRUCTIVE | • deconstructive adj. Tending to deconstruct; of or relating to deconstruction. • DECONSTRUCTIVE adj. serving to deconstruct. |
| DECONSTRUCTORS | • deconstructors n. Plural of deconstructor. • DECONSTRUCTOR n. one who deconstructs. |
| DECONSECRATIONS | • deconsecrations n. Plural of deconsecration. • DECONSECRATION n. the act of deconsecrating. |
| DECONSTRUCTIONS | • deconstructions n. Plural of deconstruction. • DECONSTRUCTION n. interpreting literature so as to show the impossibility of a definite interpretation. |