structuralism
noun
any theory that embodies structural principles.
structuralist
-
a word derived from
structuralism.
Example Sentences
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Jacobs is a peerless innovator of structuralist film, which explores time and vision, and the technologies with which we try to control them, by emphasizing the formal qualities of the medium.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Derrida rejected the structuralist approach to textual analysis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
I had no vision for the future, but I knew education, and being a structuralist at heart developed curriculum.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2021
The pioneering structuralist Roman Jakobson had famously promulgated six functions to language, but he hinted at the possible existence of a seventh, one in which words acquired the persuasive force of incantations or magic spells.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2017
“I did an essay at university that was a structuralist comparison of Annie Hall and When Harry Met Sally,” Pegg recalls.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2015
