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FUNCTIONALIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does functionalist mean?
• FUNCTIONALIST (noun)
The noun FUNCTIONALIST has 1 sense:
1. an adherent of functionalism
Familiarity information: FUNCTIONALIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adherent of functionalism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("functionalist" is a kind of...):
admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.)
Derivation:
functionalism (any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose)
functionalism (a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment)
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