Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trivialism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: triv-i-al-ism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The theory that every proposition and its negation is true.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A trivial matter or method; a triviality.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If it is possible for trivialism to be true, it may be false as well as true that all humans are mammals […]"
"This charge of trivialism is also called the principle of explosion […]"
"Trivialism is pretty hopeless as a philosophy, although it is very easy to defend/maintain verbally!"
"When, across the hundredfold poor scepticisms, trivialisms and constitutional cobwebberies of Dryasdust, you catch any glimpse of a William the Conqueror, a Tancred of Hauteville or suchlike, — do you not discern veritably some rude outline of a true God-made King […]?"

Etymology

From trivial + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trivial

Usage

Inflected Forms

trivialisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

trivialist trivialistic

Questions

What does trivialism mean?: The theory that every proposition and its negation is true.
Where does trivialism come from?: From trivial + -ism.

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