(in literature, language, and social science) a theory that considers any text as a structure whose various parts only have meaning when they are considered in relation to each other compare deconstruction
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NAmE//ˈstrʌktʃərəlɪst//
noun, adjective a structuralist approachSee structuralism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: structuralism