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Deconstruction

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A philosophical theory of textual criticism; a form of critical analysis that emphasizes inquiry into the variable projection of the meaning and message of critical works, the meaning in relation to the reader and the intended audience, and the assumptions implicit in the embodied forms of expression. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    The destroying or taking apart of an object; disassembly. countable, uncountable

    "He shall be empowered to require the immediate deconstruction and re-execution to his satisfaction of any such work as may appear to him to have been executed improperly […]"

Etymology

From de- + construction or deconstruct + -ion.

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