Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

definitionism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: def-i-ni-tion-ism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The school of thought that for a theory to be properly explained it is necessary that all concepts used by the theory be well-defined.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1992, William R. LaFleur, Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan, Princeton University Press, page 15, Quoted in 2015, Adam C. Pelser, Robert C. Roberts, 18: Religious value and moral psychology, Tobias Brosch, David Sander (editors), Handbook of Value, Oxford University Press, page 388, Instead of logic chopping and the unconnected neat boxes produced by definitionism, ritual provides activities that fuse a wide variety of things that seem otherwise unrelated."
"Some philosophers have not given up on definitionism."
"Perhaps definitionism does not work for all complex concepts."

Etymology

From definition + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: definition

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

social definitionism ostensive definition

Frequently Paired Words

epistemology ostensive definition rationalism

Synonyms

classical theory of concepts

Questions

What does definitionism mean?: The school of thought that for a theory to be properly explained it is necessary that all concepts used by the theory be well-defined.
Where does definitionism come from?: From definition + -ism.

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