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