defaultism

noun
/dɪˈfɒl.tɪ.zəm/UK/dɪˈfɔl.tɪ.zəm/US/dɪˈfɑl.tɪ.zəm/

Etymology

From default + -ism.

  1. derived from de-
  2. derived from defaute
  3. inherited from defaute
  4. formed as defaultism — “default + -ism

Definitions

  1. An approach or situation in which something occurs by default, without being explicitly…

    An approach or situation in which something occurs by default, without being explicitly introduced.

    • US defaultism
    • Defaultism ¶ The defaultist view is that some conversational implicatures are default inferences—presumptive meanings—that the hearer makes unless given reason not to by the speaker.
  2. The often misguided belief that the circumstances surrounding an individual are the…

    The often misguided belief that the circumstances surrounding an individual are the default for everyone else.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for defaultism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA