"structuralism" in the noun sense
1. structuralism, structural linguistics
linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
2. structuralism, structural anthropology
an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
3. structuralism, structural sociology
a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals
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