Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eliminativist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elim-i-na-tivist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Supporting eliminativism, the materialist position which holds that folk psychology presents a false view of the mind

noun

A supporter of eliminativism.

Example Sentences

"Option (ii) has two variants: (iia) conclude that the concepts conscious state and conscious creature fail to refer, adopting an eliminativist position; and (iib) claim that future, correct versions of the concepts will be vague."

Etymology

Etymology tree English eliminative 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 eliminativist From eliminative + -ist.

Inflected Forms

eliminativists (plural)

Questions

What does eliminativist mean?: Supporting eliminativism, the materialist position which holds that folk psychology presents a false view of the mind
Where does eliminativist come from?: Etymology tree English eliminative 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 eliminativist From eliminative + -ist.

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