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thought collective

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
thought -col-lec-tive
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sociological framework conditions in which scientific statements are tailored as language games to become intersubjectively and collectively relevant and conceptualized as facts.

Etymology

Calque of German Denkkollektiv, with the 1979 publication of an English translation and 1980 reedition of a book of Ludwig Fleck.

Inflected Forms

thought collectives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

thought style

Questions

What does thought collective mean?
Sociological framework conditions in which scientific statements are tailored as language games to become intersubjectively and collectively relevant and conceptualized as facts.
Where does thought collective come from?
Calque of German Denkkollektiv, with the 1979 publication of an English translation and 1980 reedition of a book of Ludwig Fleck.

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