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Definition of Structuralism

1. Noun. Linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse.

2. Noun. An anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena.

3. Noun. A sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals.

Definition of Structuralism

1. Noun. A theory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure. ¹

2. Noun. (biology) A school of biological thought that deals with the law-like behaviour of the structure of organisms and how it can change, emphasising that organisms are wholes, and therefore that change in one part must necessarily take into account the inter-connected nature of the entire organism. ¹

3. Noun. (linguistics) The theory that a human language is a self-contained structure related to other elements which make up its existence. ¹

4. Noun. (psychology) A school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Structuralism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Structuralism

structural isomerism structural isomers structural linguistics structural member structural pattern structural patterns structural polysaccharide structural research structural sociology structural steel

structural unemployment structuralise structuralised structuralises structuralising structuralism (current term) structuralisms structuralist structuralistic structuralistically

structuralists structurality structuralizable structuralize structuralized structuralizes structuralizing structurally structuration structurations

Literary usage of Structuralism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Foundations of Psychology by Jared Sparks Moore (1921)
"structuralism and Functionalism as Schools of Psychology 20. ... structuralism views the mind entirely from the standpoint of structure. ..."

2. Lessons for Students in Architecture by Herman Hertzberger (2001)
"The original and by no means empty meaning of structure and structuralism indeed appears to have been submerged by loads of architectural jargon. ..."

3. Lessons for Students in Architecture by Herman Hertzberger, Ina Rike (2005)
"structuralism denoted, initially, a way of thinking originating from cultural ... In the philosophy of structuralism this idea is extended to encompass an ..."

4. Isolation and Aggregation in Economics by Ekkehart Schlicht (1985)
"The reproach of idealism is put forward against structuralism and ... 37 For a defense of idealistic structuralism, however, see Levi-Strauss (2) pp. 19 ff. ..."

5. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"For structuralism in anthropology, see among others Claude Levi-Strauss, Anthro- pologie Structural, Paris: Plon, 1958 and La pensee Sauvage, Paris: Plon, ..."

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