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logocentrism Definition


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logocentrism
noun
    1. The belief that, by concentrating on the language of a text and ignoring such things as the spectrum of knowledge and experience readers can bring to the text, some kind of fixed meaning will emerge.
    2. loosely
      The prioritizing of the language of a text over its content, an activity that is usually perceived very negatively.
Etymology: 1967: first coined by Jacques Derrida.



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