STRUCTURALISM


Meaning of STRUCTURALISM in English

/ 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

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