structuralism

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Synonyms: structuralist, structuralise, structuralize, structuralists, structurals

Antonyms: structuralist, structuralise, structuralize, structuralists, structurals

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Noun

1. A [[theory]] of [[sociology]] that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting [[structure]].
2. {{lb|en|biology}} A 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.
3. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The [[theory]] that a [[human]] [[language]] is a self-contained structure related to other elements which make up its existence.
4. {{lb|en|psychology}} A [[school of thought]] that [[focus#Verb|focuses]] on [[explore#Verb|exploring]] the [[individual#Adjective|individual]] [[element#Noun|elements]] of [[consciousness]], how they are [[organize]]d into more [[complex#Adjective|complex]] [[experience#Noun|experiences]], and how these [[mental#Adjective|mental]] [[phenomenon|phenomena]] [[correlate#Verb|correlate]] with [[physical#Adjective|physical]] [[event#Noun|events]].
5. {{lb|en|mathematics}} In 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.

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