Durkheimianadj.n.
/dəːkˈhʌɪmɪən/ A. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Émile Durkheim or his sociological theories.
ΚΠ
1915 C. E. Gehlke Durkheim's Contrib. to Sociol. Theory iii. 68 To admit a ‘psychological’ explanation of the social phenomenon would be to waive the central requirement of the whole Durkheimian sociology.
1936 B. Malinowski in R. Firth We, the Tikopia p. vii In confirmation of that Durkheimian principle of solidarity personified in l'Etre Moral.
1951 T. Parsons et al. in T. Parsons & E. A. Shils Toward Gen. Theory Action ii. v. 239 A Durkheimian ‘theory of social facts’.
B. n.
A follower or supporter of Durkheim.
ΚΠ
1938 R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory xii. 223 Radcliffe-Brown agrees not only with other Durkheimians.
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