Pronunciation: ˌ p ō s(t)- ' str ə k-ch ə -r ə - ˌ li-z ə m, - ' str ə k-shr ə -
Function: noun
Date: 1977
: a movement or theory (as deconstruction) that views the descriptive premise of structuralism as contradicted by reliance on borrowed concepts or differential terms and categories and sees inquiry as inevitably shaped by discursive and interpretive practices
– post-struc · tur · al · ist \ -list \ adjective or noun