struc ‧ tur ‧ al ‧ is ‧ m /ˈstrʌktʃ ə rəlɪz ə m/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ structure , ↑ restructuring , ↑ structuralism , structuralist; adjective : ↑ structural , ↑ structuralist , ↑ structured ; verb : ↑ structure , ↑ restructure ; adverb : ↑ structurally ]
a method of studying language, literature, society etc in which you examine the relationships of the different parts or ideas in order to determine their meaning
—structuralist adjective , noun