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noun
The endless deferral of any ultimate meaning in a word or sentence, owing to the necessity of recourse to a potentially infinite series of other, equally uncertain words or signs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: literary theory
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French différance (“deferral”) (coined in this sense by Derrida), from différer (“to defer”); but punning on différence (“difference”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
