Meaning

noun linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse

noun an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena

noun a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals

originEtymology tree English structural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English structuralism From structural + -ism.

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