Meanings
plural structuralisms
- countableuncountablebiologyA school of biological thought that deals with the law-like behaviour of the structure of organisms and how it can change, emphasising that organisms are wholes, and therefore that change in one part must necessarily take into account the inter-connected nature of the entire organism.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events.
Synonyms: existentialism
- countableuncountablemathematicsIn the philosophy of mathematics, a theory that holds that mathematical theories describe structures, and that mathematical objects are exhaustively defined by their place in such structures.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlinguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
nounan anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
nouna sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 結構主義 /结构主义, 結構主義 /结构主义
- 結構主義 /结构主义 (jiégòuzhǔyì)theory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure
- 結構主義 /结构主义 (jiégòu-zhǔyì)theory that a human language is a self-contained structure
Finnish strukturalismi, strukturalismi
- strukturalismitheory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure
- strukturalismischool of biological thought
- strukturalismitheory that a human language is a self-contained structure
- strukturalismischool of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness
French structuralisme
- structuralismetheory that a human language is a self-contained structure
Greek δομισμός, δομισμός
- δομισμός (domismós)theory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure
- δομισμός (domismós)school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness
Japanese 構造主義, 構造説
- 構造主義 (kōzō-shugi)theory that a human language is a self-contained structure
- 構造説 (kōzōsetsu)(philosophy of science) view that scientific theories describe structures
Polish strukturalizm, strukturalizm
- strukturalizmtheory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure
- strukturalizmschool of biological thought
- strukturalizmtheory that a human language is a self-contained structure
- strukturalizmschool of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness
Russian структурали́зм
- структурали́зм (strukturalízm)theory that a human language is a self-contained structure
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa cấu trúc
- chủ nghĩa cấu trúctheory that a human language is a self-contained structure
Cite this entry
structuralism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/structuralism
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