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conferralist

conferralist noun: an advocate of conferralism.

Noun

conferralist (plural conferralists)

  1. An advocate of conferralism.
    • Since the conferralist about essentiality is committed to the view that essentiality is conferred by ideal versions of us concept users, it seems that if there were no people and hence no conceptual practices that people engaged in, then there would be no essentiality, on the conferralist view.2008 April 5, Ásta Sveinsdóttir, “Essentiality conferred”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI

Forms of conferralist

pluralconferralists

Origin of conferralist

From conferral + -ist.

Questions about conferralist

What does conferralist mean?
Conferralist means an advocate of conferralism.
What part of speech is conferralist?
Conferralist is a noun.
What is the plural of conferralist?
The plural of conferralist is conferralists.

Words near conferralist in the dictionary

  1. conferment
  2. conferments
  3. conferrable
  4. conferral
  5. conferralism
  6. conferralist
  7. conferralists
  8. conferrals
  9. conferred
  10. conferree
  11. conferrees

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