Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

internalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-nal-ism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In fleshing out the relations of perceptual justification and perceptual content attribution, both contenders thus grant epistemic internalism."

Etymology

Etymology tree English internal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English internalism From internal + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

internalisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

internalist externalism

Questions

What does internalism mean?: The doctrine that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis
Where does internalism come from?: Etymology tree English internal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English internalism From internal + -ism.

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