Dictionary

antistructure en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + structure, introduced by Victor Turner.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A sociocultural structure that intentionally counteracts the mainstream.
   • The narrative utility of the Trickster comes from his capacity to make possible the unexpected. He embodies the principle of anti-structure in that he escapes determination by established power relations, whereby for example, the fastest runner wins the race. 1983, Wendy Griswold, “The Devil's Techniques: Cultural Legitimation and Social Change”, in American Sociological Review, volume 48, number 5, page 669b–670a of 668–680:

Forms

Translations (6)

pt antiestrutura (a sociocultural structure that intentionally counteracts the mainstream) · fi vastarakenne (a sociocultural structure that intentionally counteracts the mainstream) · el αντιδομή (a sociocultural structure that intentionally counteracts the mainstream) · fi antirakenne (a sociocultural structure that intentionally counteracts the mainstream) · de Antistruktur (a sociocultural structure that intentionally counteracts the mainstream) · de Gegenstruktur (a sociocultural structure that intentionally counteracts the mainstream)