definitive description
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A phrase that designates an object by providing a description that is satisfied by exactly one object.
Example Sentences
- "A definitive description is a phrase of the form 'the so-and-so' which denotes a particular object in virtue of the fact that there is exactly one object satisfying the description."
Inflected Forms
definitive descriptions (plural)
Phrases
theory of descriptions
iota operator
uniqueness quantifier
Frequently Paired Words
theory of descriptions
iota operator
uniqueness quantifier
Antonyms
indefinite description
ambiguous description