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structuralism
[ struhk-cher-uh-liz-uhm ]
structuralism
/ ˈstrʌktʃərəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- an approach to anthropology and other social sciences and to literature that interprets and analyses its material in terms of oppositions, contrasts, and hierarchical structures, esp as they might reflect universal mental characteristics or organizing principles Compare functionalism
- an approach to linguistics that analyses and describes the structure of language, as distinguished from its comparative and historical aspects
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Derived Forms
- ˈstructuralist, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- structur·al·ist noun adjective
- structur·al·istic adjective
- anti·structur·al·ist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of structuralism1
First recorded in 1945–50; structural + -ism
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Example Sentences
According to François Dosse, the author of a monumental History of Structuralism, 1966 marked the high tide of this new paradigm.
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