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ersatzist

ersatzist adjective: pertaining to or exemplifying ersatzism.

Adjective

ersatzist (comparative more ersatzist, superlative most ersatzist)

  1. (metaphysics) Pertaining to or exemplifying ersatzism.

Noun

ersatzist (plural ersatzists)

  1. (metaphysics) An adherent of ersatzism.
    • Linguistic ersatzists hold that even if Lewis happened to be right about which hunks of stuff there are, he would still be wrong about modality.2008 April 25, Mark Heller, “The Donkey Problem”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI

Forms of ersatzist

Adjective
comparativemore ersatzist
superlativemost ersatzist
Noun
pluralersatzists

Origin of ersatzist

From ersatz + -ist.

Questions about ersatzist

What does ersatzist mean?
Ersatzist means pertaining to or exemplifying ersatzism.
What part of speech is ersatzist?
Ersatzist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ersatzist in the dictionary

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

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