Parsonianism
/pɑːˈsəʊnɪənɪʒ(ə)m/Sociology
noun
The ideas, theories, and methods of Talcott Parsons (1902–79), especially his theories of action and change within a society or culture, and his structural–functional method of analysing a social system. Also (occasionally): an idea, theory, etc., propounded by or characteristic of Parsons.
Origin
1960s. From Parsonian + -ism.
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