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emotivisms

emotivisms is the plural of emotivism.

Meaning of emotivism

Noun

emotivism (countable and uncountable, plural emotivisms)

  1. The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should" and "ought to", are primarily expressions of one's own attitude and imperatives meant to change the attitudes and actions of another.
    • Another important meta-ethical theory is known as emotivism or non-cognitivism. Emotivists ... claim that all ethical statements are literally meaningless.1999, Nigel Warburton, Philosophy: The Basics

Questions about emotivisms

What is emotivisms the plural of?
Emotivisms is the plural of emotivism.

Words near emotivisms in the dictionary

  1. emotive hardcore
  2. emotively
  3. emotiveness
  4. emotives
  5. emotivism
  6. emotivisms
  7. emotivist
  8. emotivists
  9. emotivities
  10. emotivity
  11. emotronic

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