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structuralist

structuralist

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A person who studies how parts fit together in systems like language or culture
  • noun
  • /ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl.ɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estructuralista
  • 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.

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Examples

  • The first group can be called structuralists; they see international behavior as regulated by power-oriented or geography-based international structures.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The scholars designated as structuralists were expelled from their academic posts or left the country.

    Academic text (2006)
  • This is a typical structuralist statement, right?

  • First of all, as any twentieth-century structuralist would agree, there is no meaning but by contrast.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Structuralists argue for land reform on grounds of equity and social justice.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In the fairly recent past, the structuralists have argued for deep correspondence between objective reality, ritual, and the emotions they produce.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Shortly after, he declared himself a "structuralist" who aimed to introduce Argentine intellectuals to trends in international theory.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Former structuralists now embrace meaning-making concepts such as "collective identity" and "narrative" (Tilly 2002).

    Academic text (2008)
  • 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.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Many famous thinkers, such as Claude Levi-Strauss, are considered structuralists for their contributions to understanding cultural systems.

Surface Forms

structuralist singular

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.