What does structuralism mean?
• STRUCTURALISM (noun) The noun STRUCTURALISM has 3 senses: 1. linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse 2. an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena 3. a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals Familiarity information: STRUCTURALISM used as a noun is uncommon.