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structuralist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English structural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English structuralist From structural + -ist.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to structuralism.

Forms

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more structuralist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most structuralist Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (5)

pl strukturalistyczny (of or pertaining to structuralism) · cs strukturalistický (of or pertaining to structuralism) · es estructuralista (of or pertaining to structuralism) · ca estructuralista (of or pertaining to structuralism) · de strukturalistisch (of or pertaining to structuralism)

structuralist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English structural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English structuralist From structural + -ist.

Meanings

  1. An advocate or follower of structuralism.
    • For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 12:

Forms

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structuralists Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

neostructuralist · poststructuralist · antistructuralist

Relateds

structuralism

Translations (7)

ca estructuralista (advocate or follower of structuralism) · es estructuralista (advocate or follower of structuralism) · cs strukturalista (advocate or follower of structuralism) · de Strukturalist (advocate or follower of structuralism) · de Strukturalistin (advocate or follower of structuralism) · pl strukturalista (advocate or follower of structuralism) · pl strukturalistka (advocate or follower of structuralism)