funktionalism — meaning in English
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English meaning
- functionalism noun A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
Senses
funktionalism is used for these senses in English:
- functionalism (architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
functionalism — full definition
- noun A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
- noun The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
- noun The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
- noun The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler).