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To take apart or examine (as an accepted view) in order to reveal the basis or composition often with the intention of exposing flaws, inconsistencies, or problems in structure

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Usage examples (33)
  • It might be helpful to "deconstruct" this conversation.
  • So let's go over the story list and kind of deconstruct it.
  • I didn't "deconstruct" anything (whatever that would mean).
  • We had to kind of deconstruct it and add the extra motion and the things the directors were looking for.
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