structuralist
- noun
- /ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl.ɪst/
- Specialized
- The structuralist Claude Levi-Strauss emphasizes the linguistic component in formulating the mythic plot.
- Structuralists argue
- post-structuralists
- French structuralists
I understood Dilemma through a structuralist, Jeff Kitchen.
- I understood Dilemma through a structuralist, Jeff Kitchen.
- So by super objective for me, you know, there are people who are not structuralists.
Examples
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The first group can be called structuralists; they see international behavior as regulated by power-oriented or geography-based international structures.
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The scholars designated as structuralists were expelled from their academic posts or left the country.
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This is a typical structuralist statement, right?
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First of all, as any twentieth-century structuralist would agree, there is no meaning but by contrast.
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Structuralists argue for land reform on grounds of equity and social justice.
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In the fairly recent past, the structuralists have argued for deep correspondence between objective reality, ritual, and the emotions they produce.
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Shortly after, he declared himself a "structuralist" who aimed to introduce Argentine intellectuals to trends in international theory.
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Former structuralists now embrace meaning-making concepts such as "collective identity" and "narrative" (Tilly 2002).
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Polletta points out that a continuing yet unrecognized problem in the supposed debate between culturalists and structuralists is the false separation between culture and structure.
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Many famous thinkers, such as Claude Levi-Strauss, are considered structuralists for their contributions to understanding cultural systems.
Surface Forms
Morphology
structuralist = structural (transparent) = structur + alist
The word is formed by adding the suffix '-ist' to 'structural', indicating a person who practices or supports structuralism.
Etymology
Structuralist comes from structure, from the old root stru- meaning 'to build', and the ending -ist meaning 'a person'. Picture someone who studies the hidden frame of a house: a structuralist is a person who looks for the underlying patterns and relationships in language, culture, or society.