Saussurean

Saussurean
/soh soor"ee euhn, -syoor"-/, adj.
pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, esp. the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast.
[SAUSSURE + -EAN]

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