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functionalism
Overview of noun functionalism
The noun functionalism has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. functionalism -- (a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment)
2. functionalism -- (any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun functionalism
2 senses of functionalism
Sense 1
functionalism
=> scientific theory
=> theory
=> explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
functionalism
=> doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
=> belief
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun functionalism
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun functionalism
2 senses of functionalism
Sense 1
functionalism
=> scientific theory
Sense 2
functionalism
=> doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
Antonyms of noun functionalism
Member Holonyms of noun functionalism
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Attributes of noun functionalism
Derived Forms of noun functionalism
2 senses of functionalism
Sense 1
functionalism
RELATED TO>(noun) functionalist#1
=> functionalist
Sense 2
functionalism
RELATED TO>(noun) functionalist#1
=> functionalist
Domain of noun functionalism
1 of 2 senses of functionalism
Sense 1
functionalism
TOPIC>(noun) psychology#1, psychological science#1
Domain Terms of noun functionalism
Familiarity of noun functionalism
functionalism used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun functionalism
2 senses of functionalism
Sense 1
functionalism
> scientific theory
=> big-bang theory, big bang theory
=> nebular hypothesis
=> planetesimal hypothesis
=> theory of gravitation, theory of gravity, gravitational theory, Newton's theory of gravitation
=> organicism
=> atomic theory
=> cell theory, cell doctrine
=> wave theory, undulatory theory, wave theory of light
=> corpuscular theory, corpuscular theory of light
=> kinetic theory, kinetic theory of gases
=> relativity, theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity
=> supersymmetry
=> quantum theory
=> uncertainty principle, indeterminacy principle
=> germ theory
=> information theory
=> theory of dissociation, theory of electrolytic dissociation, Arrhenius theory of dissociation
=> theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, evolutionism
=> theory of indicators, Ostwald's theory of indicators
=> theory of inheritance
=> associationism, association theory
=> atomism
=> functionalism
=> Gestalt psychology, configurationism
=> game theory, theory of games
Sense 2
functionalism
> doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
=> nuclear deterrence
=> Kabbalism, Cabalism
=> abolitionism
=> absolutism
=> amoralism
=> animalism
=> animism
=> antiestablishmentarianism, antiestablishmentism
=> asceticism
=> creationism
=> creed, credo
=> divine right, divine right of kings
=> dogma
=> dualism
=> dynamism
=> epicureanism
=> establishmentarianism, establishmentism
=> ethicism
=> expansionism
=> formalism
=> functionalism
=> Girondism
=> gospel
=> gymnosophy
=> imitation
=> individualism, laissez faire
=> internationalism
=> unilateralism
=> irredentism, irridentism
=> literalism
=> majority rule, democracy
=> monism
=> multiculturalism
=> nationalism
=> nationalism
=> nihilism
=> pacifism, pacificism, passivism
=> pluralism
=> populism
=> presentism
=> rationalism, freethinking
=> reformism
=> humanism, secular humanism
=> humanitarianism, humanism
=> egalitarianism, equalitarianism
=> feminism
=> reincarnationism
=> secessionism
=> secularism
=> phenomenology
=> philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
=> states' rights
=> teaching, precept, commandment
=> theological doctrine
=> utilitarianism
=> descriptivism
=> descriptivism
=> prescriptivism
=> prescriptivism
=> religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed
=> millennium
Meronyms of noun functionalism
2 senses of functionalism
Sense 1
functionalism
=> scientific theory
=> theory
HAS PART: law, law of nature
HAS PART: hypothesis, possibility, theory
=> explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Holonyms of noun functionalism
Grep of noun functionalism
functionalism
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