structuralist

structuralist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English structural
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English structuralist

    From structural + -ist.

    Adjective

    structuralist (comparative more structuralist, superlative most structuralist)

    1. Of or pertaining to structuralism.

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    Noun

    structuralist (plural structuralists)

    1. An advocate or follower of structuralism.
      • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 12:
        For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.

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    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French structuraliste. By surface analysis, structural +‎ -ist.

    Noun

    structuralist m (plural structuraliști)

    1. structuralist

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative structuralist structuralistul structuraliști structuraliștii
    genitive-dative structuralist structuralistului structuraliști structuraliștilor
    vocative structuralistule structuraliștilor
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