internalist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Holding that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis
noun
A supporter of internalism
Example Sentences
- "For one thing, many people regard rationality as an epistemically internalist notion, whereas reliability is a paradigmatic example of an epistemically externalist notion."
- "Perhaps I will appear presumptuous and misguided in claiming to explain the debate between internalists and externalists, for some would insist that there are a variety of related debates that get discussed under the heading of internalism and externalism."
Etymology
Etymology tree English internal 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 internalist From internal + -ist.