Synonyms of deconstruction

deconstruction

noun

ˌdē-kən-ˈstrək-shən 

as in analysis

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole

a lengthy deconstruction of the president's speech by a panel of pundits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• analysis
• investigation
• inspection
• examination
• dissection
• assessment
• breakdown
• anatomy
• evaluation
• assay
• anatomizing
• diagnosis
• classification
• cataloging
• codification
• categorization
• inventory
• scrutiny
• indexing
• cataloguing
• enumeration
• arrangement
• reduction
• tabulation
• assortment
• subdivision
• segmentation
• muster
• itemization
• separation
• division

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• synthesis
• integration
• consolidation
• unification
• assimilation
• aggregation
• amalgamation
• coalescence
• agglomeration
• conglomeration

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of deconstruction

Photo: Nadav Kander for New York Magazine What Chained for Life did through its playful deconstruction of exploitation movies, A Different Man does in more structural ways. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024

Scream is both an excellent deconstruction of the slasher genre and a great slasher movie in and of itself. —Kris Holt, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024

The studio also felt that audiences knew these characters well enough not to need establishing them more popularly and positively, that deconstruction was possible out the gate. —Mark Hughes, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

Hailing from the Company Flow school of post-apocalyptic rap deconstruction, the New Yorkers smash together surrealism and polemic in songs whose harmonious soul samples belie an inescapable sense of dread. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024