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poststructuralist

poststructuralist adjective: of, pertaining to, or advocating post-structuralism.

Adjective

poststructuralist (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating post-structuralism
    • In reading Davis’s stories, therefore, we are likely to be reminded as much of the poststructuralist emphasis on language in the works of Blanchot as of the antinarrative impulse of French nouveau-Romanists like Butor.2007 May 27, Siddhartha Deb, “Just So Stories”, in New York Times

Noun

poststructuralist (plural poststructuralists)

  1. An advocate of post-structuralism

Forms of poststructuralist

pluralpoststructuralists
alternative formpost-structuralist

Origin of poststructuralist

From post- + structuralist.

Questions about poststructuralist

What does poststructuralist mean?
Poststructuralist means of, pertaining to, or advocating post-structuralism.
What part of speech is poststructuralist?
Poststructuralist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near poststructuralist in the dictionary

  1. poststrike
  2. poststroke
  3. poststructural
  4. poststructuralism
  5. poststructuralisms
  6. poststructuralist
  7. poststructuralistic
  8. poststructuralists
  9. poststructurally
  10. poststudies
  11. poststudio

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