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disjunctivism

disjunctivism noun: a school of thought that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases, believing that a hallucination differs from a veridical experience in that the latter is the experience of an actual external entity.

Noun

disjunctivism (uncountable)

  1. A school of thought that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases, believing that a hallucination differs from a veridical experience in that the latter is the experience of an actual external entity.

Origin of disjunctivism

From disjunctive + -ism.

Questions about disjunctivism

What does disjunctivism mean?
Disjunctivism means a school of thought that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases, believing that a hallucination differs from a veridical experience in that the latter is the experience of an actual external entity.
What part of speech is disjunctivism?
Disjunctivism is a noun.

Words near disjunctivism in the dictionary

  1. disjunctive syllogism
  2. disjunctive syllogisms
  3. disjunctively
  4. disjunctiveness
  5. disjunctives
  6. disjunctivism
  7. disjunctivist
  8. disjunctivists
  9. disjunctivitis
  10. disjunctivity
  11. disjunctly

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