Durkheimian adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to David Émile Durkheim (1858-1917), French positivist sociologist commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social scienceOrder maintenance, I would argue, shares this Durkheimian understanding of social categories as imitating nature. — 2001 noun1 •A proponent of Durkheim's ideas. formsDurkheimians · more Durkheimian · most Durkheimian