deconstruct
(verb) interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deconstruct (third-person singular simple present deconstructs, present participle deconstructing, simple past and past participle deconstructed)
(transitive, often, figurative) To break something down into its component parts.
(transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
(transitive) To analyse (generally).
(transitive) To critique (generally).
(transitive, especially US sports) To destroy.
Narrowly used as a specific kind of literary analysis and criticism; broadly used as a fancy term to mean analysis, criticism, destruction, etc.
• constructed
Source: Wiktionary
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
