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structuralism

 noun
     
Related topics: Linguistics
struc‧tur‧al‧is‧m [uncountable]
SLRR a method of studying language, literature, society etc in which you examine the relationships of the different parts or ideas in order to determine their meaning
—structuralist adjective, noun
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