[U] the idea or belief that the most important thing about the style or design of a building or object is how it is going to be used, not how it will look
functionalist noun
functionalist adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, functionalism is tagged as noun.
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