Dictionary

functionalism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfʌŋkʃənəlɪzəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der. Proto-Italic *fungōr Latin fungor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fūnctiō Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English functional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English functionalism From functional + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
2. (countable, uncountable) The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
3. (countable, uncountable) The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
4. (countable, uncountable) The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler).
5. (countable, uncountable) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
6. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of functional linguistics.
7. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of functional programming.

Forms

Coordinates

intentionalism

Deriveds

psychofunctionalism · psycho-functionalism

Synonyms

functional linguistics · functional programming

Translations (45)

es funcionalismo (psychology) · pl funkcjonalizm (social science) · cmn 功能主義 /功能主义 (social science) · pl funkcjonalizm (architecture) · kk функционализм (psychology) · pt funcionalismo (philosophy) · es funcionalismo (architecture) · tr fonksiyonalizm (architecture) · fi funkis (architecture) · ja 機能主義 (philosophy) · sv funkis (architecture) · fi funktionalismi (philosophy) · pl funkcjonalizm (psychology) · ms fungsionalisme (psychology) · es funcionalismo (philosophy) · fr fonctionnalisme (architecture) · cmn 功能主義 /功能主义 (architecture) · kk функционализм (philosophy) · it funzionalismo (philosophy) · pl funkcjonalizm (philosophy) · cmn 功能主義 /功能主义 (psychology) · no funksjonalisme (architecture) · ja 機能主義 (social science) · es funcionalismo (social science) · fi funktionalismi (psychology) · ja 機能主義 (psychology) · ms fungsionalisme (architecture) · it funzionalismo (architecture) · kk функционализм (social science) · ca funcionalisme (philosophy) · de Funktionalismus (psychology) · pt funiconalismo (architecture) · de Funktionalismus (philosophy) · de Funktionalismus (social science) · sv funktionalism (architecture) · ja 機能主義 (architecture) · fi funktionalismi (architecture) · de Funktionalismus (architecture) · fr fonctionnalisme (philosophy) · ca funcionalisme (architecture) · cs funkcionalismus (architecture) · fi funktionalismi (social science) · cmn 功能主義 /功能主义 (philosophy) · kk функционализм (architecture) · nn funksjonalisme (architecture)