/ ˈstrʌktʃərəlɪzəm; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( in literature, language and social science ) a theory that considers any text as a structure whose various parts only have meaning when they are considered in relation to each other
—compare deconstruction
► struc·tur·al·ist / -rəlɪst; NAmE / noun , adjective :
a structuralist approach