Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evidentialist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ev-i-den-tial-ist
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or supporting evidentialism, the doctrine that evidence is of primary importance in questions of belief

noun

One who supports or argues for evidentialism

Example Sentences

"An evidentialist variant would require the agent be responsive to a telling evidential basis for thinking that p obtains in contrast to the alternatives."

Etymology

Etymology tree English evidential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English evidentialist From evidential + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more evidentialist (comparative) most evidentialist (superlative) evidentialists (plural)

Questions

What does evidentialist mean?: Of or supporting evidentialism, the doctrine that evidence is of primary importance in questions of belief
Where does evidentialist come from?: Etymology tree English evidential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English evidentialist From evidential + -ist.

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