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deconstructivism.

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.

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noun/diːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪzəm/UK/diːkənˈstɹʊktɪvɪzəm/UK
  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.

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  2. The practice of deconstructing dishes.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From deconstructive + -ism.

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