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ersatzism

ersatzism noun: the doctrine that only one concrete world exists, and all other possible worlds are abstract.

Noun

ersatzism (uncountable)

  1. (metaphysics) The doctrine that only one concrete world exists, and all other possible worlds are abstract.
    • One of Lewis’s challenges to linguistic ersatzism focuses on the inelimanibility^([sic]) of modality in connecting different levels of ontological description.2026 April 25, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 140, number 1, →DOI

Origin of ersatzism

From ersatz + -ism.

Questions about ersatzism

What does ersatzism mean?
Ersatzism means the doctrine that only one concrete world exists, and all other possible worlds are abstract.
What part of speech is ersatzism?
Ersatzism is a noun.

Words near ersatzism in the dictionary

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

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