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ersatzers

ersatzers is the plural of ersatzer.

Meaning of ersatzer

Noun

ersatzer (plural ersatzers)

  1. (metaphysics) A proponent of ersatzism, the doctrine that possible worlds are merely abstract and do not have the same reality as the present world
    • The ersatzers just do not believe in what I call worlds; and sometimes -- depending on which version of ersatzism we encounter -- I just do not believe in what they call worlds.1986, David K. Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds, Routledge, published 2001, page 140

Questions about ersatzers

What is ersatzers the plural of?
Ersatzers is the plural of ersatzer.

Words near ersatzers in the dictionary

  1. ers
  2. Ersa
  3. Ersange
  4. ersatz
  5. ersatzer
  6. ersatzers
  7. ersatzes
  8. ersatzism
  9. ersatzist
  10. ersatzists
  11. ersatzness

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