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Meaning of deconstructivism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/diːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪzəm/

Definitions

  1. A development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate.
    uncountable
  2. The practice of deconstructing dishes.
    uncountable

Examples

“As an artist I have to ask: How much God is there in art theories like appropriation, deconstructivism, simulation and consumerism, which from the mid-1970s on have dominated the syllabus of many institutions that teach, critique and exhibit art?”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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