GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Dekonstruktion

deconstruction (a close reading that reveals hidden assumptions and tensions in a text or concept)

Ihre Dekonstruktion des Begriffs Leistung machte im Lesekreis sichtbar, wie selbstverständlich wir unbezahlte Sorgearbeit zuvor ausgeblendet hatten.

Her deconstruction of the concept of achievement made our reading group see how readily we had previously overlooked unpaid care work.

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