Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presuppositionalism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-sup-po-si-tion-al-ism
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A school of Christian apologetics that presumes Christian faith is the only basis for rational thought.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is sometimes supposed that extensional propositions—in particular Russellian propositions, which are adopted in some neo-Millian views about proper names—are incompatible with intensionalism and presuppositionalism."

Etymology

From presuppositional + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: presuppositional

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

presuppositionalist

Questions

What does presuppositionalism mean?: A school of Christian apologetics that presumes Christian faith is the only basis for rational thought.
Where does presuppositionalism come from?: From presuppositional + -ism.

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