différance
(en)
coined by Jacques Derrida, blending difference and deferral (of meaning); central to deconstruction
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differance
Difference [...] remains suspended between the two French verbs 'to differ' and 'to defer', both of which contribute to its textual force but neither of which can fully capture its meaning
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the writers who most deeply reveal this transformative différance
the larger sentence is confusing and I don't fully get it so I haven't included it
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