Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first-order question

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English

Syllables: first-order ques-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A direct question about facts or values, as opposed to a metaquestion.

Example Sentences

"[L]et us call questions about what is and happens in the world, or about what men ought to do or seek, "first-order" questions. We should recognize, then, that there are also "second-order" questions that can be asked: questions about our first-order knowledge"

Inflected Forms

first-order questions (plural)

Questions

What does first-order question mean?: A direct question about facts or values, as opposed to a metaquestion.

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