Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expressivism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pres-sivism
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine that moral statements such as "this is wrong" express a moral evaluation rather than a statement of fact

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It attempts to show that expressivism is superior to realism at explaining two key theses."

Etymology

Etymology tree English expressive 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 expressivism From expressive + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

expressivisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

expressivist

Questions

What does expressivism mean?: The doctrine that moral statements such as "this is wrong" express a moral evaluation rather than a statement of fact
Where does expressivism come from?: Etymology tree English expressive 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 expressivism From expressive + -ism.

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