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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdesconstruir
Pronunciation / Transliteration: deskõstruˈiɾ
"Precisamos desconstruir preconceitos antigos na sociedade."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To reduce something to its constituent parts in order to interpret, analyze, or explain it.
"The media studies class attempted to deconstruct the hidden messages in the television commercial." - 2
To take apart or dismantle something constructed.
"The engineers had to deconstruct the temporary scaffolding carefully after the festival."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin prefix de- (down, off, away) combined with constructus (past participle of construere, to build or construct). It was coined in English in the mid-20th century as a translation of French philosopher Jacques Derrida's term 'déconstruire', initially used in literary criticism to denote the dismantling of underlying structures before expanding into general usage to mean analyzing something by taking it apart.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Deconstruct" is said worldwide
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déconstruire
Transliteration: dehkonshtrwee
"Il est important de déconstruire ces stéréotypes culturels."
dekonstruieren
Transliteration: dekɔnstʁuˈiːʁən
"Der Philosoph versucht die traditionellen Denkmuster zu dekonstruieren."
decostruire
Transliteration: dekostruire
"Lo chef ama decostruire i piatti tradizionali della cucina italiana."
deconstruir
Transliteration: dekonshtruˈir
"El ensayo busca deconstruir el discurso político dominante."
desconstruir
Transliteration: deskõstruˈiɾ
"Precisamos desconstruir preconceitos antigos na sociedade."
विभाजित करना
Transliteration: vibhajit karna
"आलोचक ने इस साहित्यिक कृति के अर्थ को विघटित किया।"
解构
Transliteration: jiěgòu
"这部电影试图解构传统的英雄主义。"
해체하다
Transliteration: haechehada
"평론가는 그 소설의 플롯을 철저히 해체했다."
脱構築する
Transliteration: daku-kōchiku suru
"彼は近代的な価値観を脱構築しようと試みた。"
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