structuralism
Definitions of structuralism
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an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomenasynonyms: structural anthropologytype of:theorya well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
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a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individualssynonyms: structural sociologytype of:theorya well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
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linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discoursesynonyms: structural linguisticstype of:linguisticsthe scientific study of language
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