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meinongianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
meinon-gian-ism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The view that there are not only existent but also nonexistent objects.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From Meinong + -ian + -ism. Named after the Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong (1853–1920).

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What does meinongianism mean?
The view that there are not only existent but also nonexistent objects.
Where does meinongianism come from?
From Meinong + -ian + -ism. Named after the Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong (1853–1920).

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