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explicantia

explicantia is the plural of explicans.

Meaning of explicans

Noun

explicans (plural explicantia)

  1. The underlying meaning of an explicandum.
    • Thus when a function statement gives the explicandum, e.g. alcohol consumption, privileged joking, witchcraft inheritance, as a sufficient condition of the explicans (anxiety reduction, friendly relations, agnatic confidence), a law statement can easily be framed on this basis.1963, Robert Brown, Explanation in Social Science (The International Library of Sociology & Social Reconstruction), London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, published 1968, →ISBN, page 122

Questions about explicantia

What is explicantia the plural of?
Explicantia is the plural of explicans.

Words near explicantia in the dictionary

  1. explicableness
  2. explicably
  3. explicanda
  4. explicandum
  5. explicans
  6. explicantia
  7. explicata
  8. explicatable
  9. explicate
  10. explicated
  11. explicates

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