différance

English

noun
Definitions
  • (literary theory) 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French différance (deferral).

Origin

French

différance

Gloss

deferral

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