Structuralist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
An advocate or follower of structuralism.
"For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification."

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to structuralism.

Example

"I argue that the structuralist theory suffers from a number of irredeemable flaws that render it of little or no value."

Etymology

From structural + -ist.

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