Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ersatzism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: er-satzism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine that only one concrete world exists, and all other possible worlds are abstract.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One of Lewis’s challenges to linguistic ersatzism focuses on the inelimanibility^([sic]) of modality in connecting different levels of ontological description."

Etymology

From ersatz + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ersatz

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

ersatzer ersatzist

Questions

What does ersatzism mean?: The doctrine that only one concrete world exists, and all other possible worlds are abstract.
Where does ersatzism come from?: From ersatz + -ism.

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