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descriptionalism

descriptionalism noun: the theory that mental imagery is not visual, but based on language-like descriptions.

Noun

descriptionalism (uncountable)

  1. The theory that mental imagery is not visual, but based on language-like descriptions.

Origin of descriptionalism

From descriptional + -ism.

Questions about descriptionalism

What does descriptionalism mean?
Descriptionalism means the theory that mental imagery is not visual, but based on language-like descriptions.
What part of speech is descriptionalism?
Descriptionalism is a noun.

Words near descriptionalism in the dictionary

  1. description logic
  2. description logics
  3. description word
  4. description words
  5. descriptional
  6. descriptionalism
  7. descriptionalist
  8. descriptionalists
  9. descriptionally
  10. descriptionism
  11. descriptionist

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