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descriptionist

Pronunciation: /dəˈskɹɪpʃənəst/

The English word “descriptionist” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Synonym of descriptivist.
  2. One who subscribes to descriptionism.

adjective

  1. Descriptivist.
  2. Regarding utterances as primarily descriptive rather than as rigidly specifying a particular thing or kind of thing.
  3. Of or relating to descriptionism (theory of truth).

Etymology

From description + -ist.

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