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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

functionalism

· IPA /ˈfʌŋkʃənəlɪzəm/
01 n. a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment.
  1. 1.
    a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment.
  2. 2.
    any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose.