Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun structuralism

3 senses of structuralism

Sense 1
structuralism, structural linguistics -- (linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse)
       => linguistics -- (the scientific study of language)

Sense 2
structuralism, structural anthropology -- (an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena)
       => theory -- (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory")

Sense 3
structuralism, structural sociology -- (a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals)
       => theory -- (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory")