compatibilist
/kəmˈpætɪbəlɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
noun
A supporter of compatibilism.
Example Sentences
- "Such a reply is not, however, in the spirit of the compatibilist strategy of interest here."
- "Moreover, suggestions that compatibilists can refute hard determinism on non-semantic grounds are misguided, building more into hard determinism than an adherent of this view needs to accept."
- "To which the compatibilists replied, This is still totally artificial—choosing when to leap into an abyss or whether to turn left or right in a driving simulator tells us nothing about our free will in choosing between, say, becoming a nudist versus a Buddhist, or becoming an algologist versus an allergologist."
Etymology
Etymology tree English compatible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English compatibilist From compatible + -ist.