différance
See also: differance
English
editEtymology
editFrom French différance (“deferral”) (coined in this sense by Derrida), from différer (“to postpone”); but punning on différence (“difference”).
Noun
editdifférance (uncountable)
- (literary theory, linguistics) 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.
Translations
editthe endless deferral of any ultimate meaning in a word or sentence
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French
editEtymology
editCoined by Jacques Derrida in 1959 from différer + -ance, as a pun on the homophonous word différence.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdifférance f (plural différances)
- (literary theory, linguistics) différance
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