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structuralist Definition

struc·tur·al·ist (-ist)

noun

a follower or advocate of structuralism, as in the analysis or application of social, economic, or linguistic theory

adjective

of or relating to structuralists or their theories

structuralist Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • modern: The first section is uniformly excellent and covers the use of modern post structuralist historical method on the cultural background to the New Testament.

Modifies a noun

  • semiotics: Structuralist semiotics seeks to look behind or beneath the surface of the observed in order to discover the underlying organization of phenomena.
  • perspective: Approaching the allegory from a structuralist perspective, he would say that, wouldn't he?
  • analysis: This structuralist analysis of texts tends to focus on binary oppositions.
  • theory: Saussure's concept of the relational identity of signs is at the heart of structuralist theory.
  • approach: I would not want to adopt a structuralist approach, to blame the destiny of peoples on the imperfections of the international system.
  • view: This article compares the traditional statistical approach to our understanding of enzyme function with that of the opposing structuralist view.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: A purely structuralist account of the issue is represented in Eisenstadt's From Generation to Generation ( 1956 ).

Noun used with modifier

  • post: One might as well argue that the telephone system is post structuralist.