单词	functionalism
释义	functionalism noun func·​tion·​al·​ism ˈfəŋ(k)-shnə-ˌli-zəm  -shə-nə-ˌli- 1 : a late 19th century to early 20th century American school of psychology concerned especially with how the mind functions to adapt the individual to the environment compare structuralism sense 1 2 : a philosophy of design (as in architecture) holding that form should be adapted to use, material, and structure 3 : a theory that stresses the interdependence of the patterns and institutions of a society and their interaction in maintaining cultural and social unity 4 : a doctrine or practice that emphasizes practical utility or functional relations functionalist ˈfəŋ(k)-shnə-list  -shə-nə-list noun functionalist adjective or functionalistic ˌfən(k)-shnə-ˈli-stik  -shə-nə-ˈli- Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web This was the doctrine of functionalism, which presented itself as the architecture of reason, and its most influential thinker in terms of city planning was Le Corbusier, the Swiss-French architect. Michael J. Lewis, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020 Appeals to religious authority in this context often flitter between spiritual transcendence and crude worldly functionalism. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 8 June 2020 The passions that famously drove the Bauhaus, a love of mass production and functionalism, were anathema to this generation. New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020 An Italian immigrant who arrived from Sicily around 1910, Candela studied to become an architect at Columbia University, where Beaux Arts classical knowhow was still valued but inklings of pragmatic modern functionalism were seeping in from abroad. Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 29 May 2018 But while such panache would seem far from efficient functionalism, the piece was designed with function as a top priority: to better disperse heat than a traditional radiator. Alex Palmer, Smithsonian, 14 Oct. 2017 By the ’30s, however, the movement was eclipsed, in Sweden as well as internationally, by functionalism and the politicized mass production of home furnishings (see Ikea). Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2017 See More Word History First Known Use 1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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