英和和英

語源

From de- +‎ construct.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /diːkənˈstɹʌkt/, /diːkənˈstɹʊkt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌdikənˈstɹʌkt/

動詞

deconstruct (third-person singular simple present deconstructs, present participle deconstructing, simple past and past participle deconstructed)

1. (transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts.

   Antonyms: construct, reconstruct

2. (transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
3. (transitive) To analyse in general.
4. (transitive) To critique.
5. (transitive, cooking) To prepare (a dish) in an experimental way that presents the core ingredients separately.
6. (transitive, especially US sports) To destroy.
   • 2014 June 16, Ian Levy, The Spurs’ Deconstruction of the Heat Is Now Complete‎:

使用する際の注意点

Narrowly used as a specific kind of literary analysis and criticism; broadly used as a fancy term to mean analysis, criticism, destruction, etc.

派生語

関連する語

• deconstruction

アナグラム

• constructed