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poststructuralism
This term describes a highly academic and theoretical framework, primarily used within philosophy, literary theory, and sociology. It carries a connotation of skepticism toward absolute truths and objective reality, emphasizing that language is a slippery medium that cannot provide a stable or singular meaning.
As an abstract philosophical system or school of thought, the word is used exclusively as an uncountable noun. It refers to a conceptual approach rather than a discrete object, meaning it does not take a plural form in standard academic discourse.
Meanings
Examples
The professor introduced the core tenets of poststructuralism during the first lecture.
I wonder if poststructuralism actually helps us understand the instability of language.
I wonder if poststructuralism actually helps us understand the instability of language.
Poststructuralism challenges the idea that a text has a single fixed meaning.
Do you think poststructuralism is too abstract for practical literary analysis?
Her thesis explores the intersection of feminism and poststructuralism.
The shift toward poststructuralism marked a departure from the rigid systems of structuralism.
Maybe poststructuralism is the only way to explain why different readers interpret the same poem so differently.
Maybe poststructuralism is the only way to explain why different readers interpret the same poem so differently.
Many scholars argue that poststructuralism paved the way for contemporary critical theory.