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derivationalism

derivationalism noun: the hypothesis that the mind operates by performing sequential processing steps on an initial input.

Noun

derivationalism (uncountable)

  1. The hypothesis that the mind operates by performing sequential processing steps on an initial input.

Origin of derivationalism

From derivational + -ism.

Questions about derivationalism

What does derivationalism mean?
Derivationalism means the hypothesis that the mind operates by performing sequential processing steps on an initial input.
What part of speech is derivationalism?
Derivationalism is a noun.

Words near derivationalism in the dictionary

  1. derivating
  2. derivation
  3. derivation tree
  4. derivation trees
  5. derivational
  6. derivationalism
  7. derivationally
  8. derivationism
  9. derivationist
  10. derivationists
  11. derivations

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