Noun
- 1. structuralism, structural linguistics, linguistics
- usage: linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
- 2. structuralism, structural anthropology, theory
- usage: an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
- 3. structuralism, structural sociology, theory
- usage: a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals
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