struc‧tur‧al‧is‧m /ˈstrʌktʃərəlɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: structure, restructuring, structuralism, structuralist; adjective: structural, structuralist, structured; verb: structure, restructure; adverb: structurally]
a method of studying language, literature, society etc in which you examine the relationships of the different parts or ideas in order to determine their meaning
—structuralist adjective, noun

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