Functionalism may refer to: * Functionalism (architecture), the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building * Functionalism in international relations, a theory that arose during the inter-War period * Functional linguistics, a theoretical approach to the study of language * Functionalism (philosophy of mind), a theory of the mind in contemporary philosophy * Functionalism versus intentionalism, a historiographical debate about the origins of the Holocaust * Structural functionalism, a theoretical tradition within sociology and anthropology * Biological functionalism, an anthropological paradigm

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