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- noun Plural form of
deconstructionist .
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Examples
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In literature, "deconstructionists" held that it was readers, not authors, who create meaning in a text.
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What's a romance-minded English major to do when deconstructionists are undermining the very idea of love?
Sense & Semiotics Sam Sacks 2011
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Literary criticism comes in many forms, but the Stop the War Coalition are not the most nuanced of deconstructionists.
Tony Blair's book signing in Dublin mixes Good Friday with bad Iraq 2010
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Fortunately, one can enjoy an online transfer, thanks to Google Video, and see where modern memory deconstructionists like Christopher Nolan and Charlie Kaufman found inspiration.
“The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.” « Typefiend™ 2010
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The Times and the prize-givers in Australia appear not to have heard these explanations, or have listened only to the deconstructionists denying the existence of authors, or the choruses on the Internet hopefully chanting the mantra “Information wants to be free.”
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Art, Information, Theft, and Confusion 2010
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The debut from classical-folkie deconstructionists Lost in the Trees is the only reason I'm showing up this week.
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Not those of commie deconstructionists - no more than the Speccie blogwriters intend to insult and irritate the readership, anyway.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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That is an extreme simplification of what the deconstructionists, led by their creator, Derrida, preached.
A Motley to the View 2009
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Supporters of the Regular Education initiative such as William Bennett, Margaret Wang and Madeleine Will (George's wife) are no longer in the spotlight, but today deconstructionists have replaced these personalities with their own agenda that has promoted the perspective that inclusion of special needs student is a "civil rights" issue.
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That is an extreme simplification of what the deconstructionists, led by their creator, Derrida, preached.
A Motley to the View 2009
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