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functionalist

or Functionalist

[fuhngk-shuh-nl-ist]
noun
  1. a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
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adjective
  1. of or relating to functionalism.
  2. built or made according to the principles of Functionalism by a person associated with the movement.
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Origin of functionalist

First recorded in 1910–15; functional + -ist
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