Main Entry: struc·tur·al·ism

Pronunciation: \ˈstrək-chə-rə-ˌli-zəm, ˈstrək-shrə-\

Function: noun

Date: 1907

1 : psychology concerned especially with resolution of the mind into structural elements
2 : structural linguistics
3 : an anthropological movement associated especially with Claude Lévi-Strauss that seeks to analyze social relationships in terms of highly abstract relational structures often expressed in a logical symbolism
4 : a method of analysis (as of a literary text or a political system) that is related to cultural anthropology and that focuses on recurring patterns of thought and behavior

— struc·tur·al·ist \-list\ noun or adjective