Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dialetheist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-alethe-ist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who believes in or advocates dialetheism, the logical or metaphysical theory that two contradictory propositions can both be true.

Example Sentences

"Of course, dialetheists, who hold that some sentences are true with true negations, also provide a response that purports to resolve the paradoxes […]"

Etymology

From dialetheism + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dialetheism

Inflected Forms

dialetheists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dialetheism

Questions

What does dialetheist mean?: A person who believes in or advocates dialetheism, the logical or metaphysical theory that two contradictory propositions can both be true.
Where does dialetheist come from?: From dialetheism + -ist.

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