structuralist
/ˈstrʌktʃərəlɪst/
noun
- A person who supports or uses structuralism, especially in fields like linguistics, anthropology, or literary criticism.
- The structuralist argued that all languages share a basic underlying structure.
- As a structuralist, she analyzed fairy tales by looking at their common narrative patterns.
- Many structuralists believe that meaning comes from the relationships between elements, not from the elements themselves.
adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of structuralism or its methods.
- The professor took a structuralist approach to studying myths from different cultures.
- The book offers a structuralist view of how societies organize themselves.
- Her structuralist analysis of the poem focused on its grammatical patterns.