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A psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
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functionalism
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Functionalism may refer to: Functionalism (architecture) , the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building Functionalism in international relations , a theory that arose during the inter-War period Functionalism ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1892, "functionality;" 1902 as a term in social sciences; from functional + -ism . In architecture from 1930. Related: functionalist .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
functionalism \functionalism\ n. a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment. any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context architecture English) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction 2 (context philosophy English) The definition of mental states in terms of their ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As earthbound concrete replaced shimmering glass, so crude functionalism was to supplant soaring aspiration. ▪ Even at this moment of patriotic and quasi-mystical emotion, rationalized functionalism is expressed. ▪ Its functionalism ...
Usage examples of functionalism.
And whether it was adrenalous rush, or detached id, or pseudo-cosmic existential functionalism, Eddie managed to duck aside as metal shards and Tucker guts flew in his direction.
I believe the Ozrans had contact with humankind, maybe millennia ago, significant contact that altered or added to the functionalism of their language.
I believe the Ozrans had contact with humankind, maybe millenia ago, significant contact that altered or added to the functionalism of their language.
Functionalism did not take hold at once-during the thirties almost everyone, from truckdriver to hatcheck girl, had a scheme for setting the world right in six easy lessons.
Or the far more obvious, trans-perambulation of pseudo-cosmic antimatter, precipitating a flexi-tangential spatial interflux within the symbiotic parameters of existential functionalism.