Chomskyan adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Relating to the linguist and activist Noam Chomsky. •Of or relating to the theoretical approach introduced by Noam Chomsky, et al., especially transformational grammar.According to Chomskyan theory, the deep structures are innate components of the brain that enable it to carry out certain formal kinds of operations on strings of symbols. — 1992 noun1 •A follower or adherent of Chomsky's linguistic theories; a transformational grammarian. formsChomskyans · more Chomskyan · most Chomskyan