structuralizev.
/ˈstrʌktʃ(ə)rəlʌɪz/, /ˈstrʌktʃ(ə)rl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈstrək(t)ʃ(ə)rəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To impart or apply a structure to (something); to organize structurally (with regard to). Also: to apply a structural approach or analysis to (something). Usually in passive.
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society > [verb (transitive)] > structure
structuralize1913
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct
workOE
dighta1175
to set upc1275
graitha1300
formc1300
pitchc1330
compoundc1374
to put togethera1387
performc1395
bigc1400
elementc1400
complexion1413
erect1417
framea1450
edifya1464
compose1481
construe1490
to lay together1530
perstruct1547
to piece together1572
condite1578
conflate1583
compile1590
to put together1591
to set together1603
draw1604
build1605
fabric1623
complicate1624
composit1640
constitute1646
compaginate1648
upa1658
complex1659
construct1663
structurate1664
structure1664
confect1677
to put up1699
rig1754
effect1791
structuralize1913
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [verb (transitive)]
structurate1664
envisage1851
cognizea1856
cognosce1874
structuralize1913
1913 Jrnl. Amer. Osteopathic Assoc. 12 352 Vertebrae out of alignment are, after a short time, so structuralized to their faulty position by adaptive changes in ligaments, muscles and intervertebral discs, that adjustment..is impossible.
1916 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 21 844 These groups of men with economic interests and political interests were at the same time groups structuralized and motivated by topographical interest.
1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 10 142 Once Kiowa was structuralized, however, it turned out that it made the same distinctions in vowel type that the Tanoan languages made.
1992 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 176 Faulkner succeeds in uncovering Christmas' inner world of self which is structuralized in chronological sequence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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