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axiologist

axiologist noun: a person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value.

Noun

axiologist (plural axiologists)

  1. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value.
    • The moral philosophies are even more important to the moral scientist—the axiologist.1962, Robert S. Hartman, “Axiology as a science,”, in Philosophy of Science, volume 29, number 4, page 421
    • It led willy-nilly to technological determinism, a philosophy that Mumford, the axiologist, generally repudiated. Even in the later pages of Technics and Civilization, he stresses the role of values in shaping technology.1990, Thomas Hughes, “Review of Lewis Mumford: A Life by Donald Miller,”, in Technology and Culture, volume 31, number 4, page 914

Forms of axiologist

pluralaxiologists

Origin of axiologist

From axiology + -ist.

Questions about axiologist

What does axiologist mean?
Axiologist means a person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value.
What part of speech is axiologist?
Axiologist is a noun.
What is the plural of axiologist?
The plural of axiologist is axiologists.

Words near axiologist in the dictionary

  1. axiolobate
  2. axiologic
  3. axiological
  4. axiologically
  5. axiologies
  6. axiologist
  7. axiologists
  8. axiologization
  9. axiologizations
  10. axiologize
  11. axiologized

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