structuralist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to structuralism.
noun
An advocate or follower of structuralism.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English structural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English structuralist From structural + -ist.