functionalist:
(plural: ‘functionalists‘)
a person who believes or supports functionalism, i.e. does something that suits better or more useful for the purpose than for show, beauty or tradition,
According to functionalist Emile Durkheim, society is a human body, theorising that as different parts and organs work independently but interrelate to enable the whole body to survive, the different bodies in the society, such as justice department keeping law and order, medical department looking after the health of the people and educational institutions giving education to the populous.
Functionalists emphasis on the practicality, purpose and utility of an object should make an object what it is but not the other way round.
Functionalists argue that all mental processes of an organism are useful for a person in getting along well in a society or an environment.
