Word: structuralism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: struc
tur
al
ism
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: structure
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: ; A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: structūra
Language: la
Decoded: structura
Meaning: a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ( ).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.