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deconstruction

 noun
     
Related topics: Literature, Philosophy
de‧con‧struc‧tion [uncountable]
RPAL a method used in philosophy and the criticism of literature which claims that there is no single explanation of the meaning of a piece of writing
—deconstruct verb [transitive]
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