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attributee

attributee noun: that to which something is attributed; a target of attribution.

Noun

attributee (plural attributees)

  1. That to which something is attributed; a target of attribution.
    • I follow Salmon ( 1989 ) in taking what is pragmatically communicated here to be about linguistic expressions, but avoid the notion of guise of belief in favor of unproblematic general beliefs of the attributee.2006 November 22, Arvid Båve, “A pragmatic defense of Millianism”, in Philosophical Studies, →DOI

Forms of attributee

pluralattributees

Origin of attributee

From attribute + -ee.

Questions about attributee

What does attributee mean?
Attributee means that to which something is attributed; a target of attribution.
What part of speech is attributee?
Attributee is a noun.
What is the plural of attributee?
The plural of attributee is attributees.

Words near attributee in the dictionary

  1. attribute
  2. attribute-oriented
  3. attribute-oriented programming
  4. attributed
  5. attributedst
  6. attributee
  7. attributees
  8. attributeless
  9. attributelessness
  10. attributeness
  11. attributer

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