WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
structuralism n 1: linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse [syn: structuralism, structural linguistics] 2: an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena [syn: structuralism, structural anthropology] 3: a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals [syn: structuralism, structural sociology]