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structuralism

struc·tu·ra·lism

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noun

1.

linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse

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2.

an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena

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3.

a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals

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Origin

From structural + -ism.

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