/'strʌktʃərəlɪzəm; `strʌktʃərə,lɪzəm/
n [U] method of analysing a subject (eg social sciences, psychology, language, literature), which concentrates on the structure of a system and the relations between its elements, rather than on the function of those elements 结构主义（社会科学、心理学、语言学、文学等学科采用的研究方法, 注重系统中的结构及其各成分间的关系而并非各成分的功能）.

n[U]
a method of studying language, literature, society etc in which you examine the relationships of the different parts or ideas in order to determine their meaning
>structuralistadjn