fictionalist
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English fictional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fictionalist From fictional + -ist.
- derived from -istebor
- derived from -istader
- derived from -ālisbor
- derived from -ālis Old French -elbor
- derived from -albor
- derived from *-ālis Latin -ālisbor✻
- derived from ficcionbor
Definitions
Of, pertaining to, or supporting fictionalism
One who subscribes to fictionalism, the belief that certain concepts are simply…
One who subscribes to fictionalism, the belief that certain concepts are simply convenient logical fictions
- Rather than being aimed at those who deny the existence of mathematical objects, the argument’s target is those who deny the objectivity of mathematics—in Putnam’s opinion, intuitionists and fictionalists.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fictionalist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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