structuralism, structural sociology
(noun) a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals
structuralism, structural anthropology
(noun) an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
structuralism, structural linguistics
(noun) linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
structuralism (countable and uncountable, plural structuralisms)
A theory of sociology that views elements of society as part of a cohesive, self-supporting structure.
(biology) A school of biological thought that deals with the law-like behaviour of the structure of organisms and how it can change, emphasising that organisms are wholes, and therefore that change in one part must necessarily take into account the inter-connected nature of the entire organism.
(linguistics) The theory that a human language is a self-contained structure related to other elements which make up its existence.
(psychology) A school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events.
(mathematics) In the philosophy of mathematics, a theory that holds that mathematical theories describe structures, and that mathematical objects are exhaustively defined by their place in such structures.
Source: Wiktionary
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
