Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neurath's boat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neu-rath's boat
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An allegorical boat first described by Otto Neurath meant to illustrate an antifoundationalist conception of knowledge by likening it to a ship which can only be repaired by those already onboard.

Inflected Forms

Neurath's boats (plural)

Questions

What does neurath's boat mean?: An allegorical boat first described by Otto Neurath meant to illustrate an antifoundationalist conception of knowledge by likening it to a ship which can only be repaired by those already onboard.

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