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structuralism
[ struhk-cher-uh-liz-uhm ]
structuralism
/ ˈٰʌʃəəˌɪə /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈٰܳٳܰ, nounadjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰܳtܰ·· noun adjective
- ٰܳtܰ··t adjective
- anti·ٰܳtܰ·· noun adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of structuralism1
Example Sentences
The teacher was explaining how critical race theory works, Byard said, as one of several theories studied including structuralism, deconstructionism and feminism.
"Other theories such as structuralism, deconstructionism, and feminism were also shared."
“I think I was very ill-equipped to take on structuralism and deconstruction and French critical theory,” she explained.
I could feel synapses firing as I grappled with Thomas Hobbes, literary structuralism, German expressionism and the ego and the id.
French philosophy, which taught the world to reason with sweeping and bold systems such as rationalism, republicanism, feminism, positivism, existentialism and structuralism, has had conspicuously little to offer in recent decades.
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