derridan means of or relating to Jacques Derrida (born Jackie Élie Derrida; 1930–2004), French philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Etymology
From Derrida + -an.
adj
- Of or relating to Jacques Derrida (born Jackie Élie Derrida; 1930–2004), French philosopher best known for developing a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction.“This is the final Derridan manoeuvre, the showing up of ‘blind spots’ in a text, or the ‘blindness’ of an author to certain textual ‘différances’ or ‘suppléments’ in his own text, operative though not observed.”
noun
- A follower of Jacques Derrida.“One could say that in Blanchot the absent is more present than the present, and there are many occasions in reading him when he stands out as a Derridan avant la lettre.”