Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eliminativism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elim-i-na-tivism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This ontology, however, leads to our second problem: the Overdetermination Argument (OA) for eliminativism."

Etymology

Etymology tree English eliminative 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 eliminativism From eliminative + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

eliminativist

Synonyms

eliminative materialism

Questions

What does eliminativism mean?: The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.
Where does eliminativism come from?: Etymology tree English eliminative 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 eliminativism From eliminative + -ism.

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