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]