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logicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
logi-cism
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine that mathematics is a branch of logic in that some or all mathematics is reducible to logic.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English logic 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 logicism From logic + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

logicisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

logicist

Questions

What does logicism mean?
The doctrine that mathematics is a branch of logic in that some or all mathematics is reducible to logic.
Where does logicism come from?
Etymology tree English logic 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 logicism From logic + -ism.

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