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fictionalist

fictionalist adjective: of, pertaining to, or supporting fictionalism.

Adjective

fictionalist (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or supporting fictionalism

Noun

fictionalist (plural fictionalists)

  1. One who subscribes to fictionalism, the belief that certain concepts are simply convenient logical fictions
    • Rather than being aimed at those who deny the existence of mathematical objects, the argument’s target is those who deny the objectivity of mathematics—in Putnam’s opinion, intuitionists and fictionalists.2007 September 28, David Liggins, “Quine, Putnam, and the ‘Quine–Putnam’ Indispensability Argument”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI

Forms of fictionalist

pluralfictionalists

Origin of fictionalist

From fictional + -ist.

Questions about fictionalist

What does fictionalist mean?
Fictionalist means of, pertaining to, or supporting fictionalism.
What part of speech is fictionalist?
Fictionalist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near fictionalist in the dictionary

  1. fictionalisers
  2. fictionalises
  3. fictionalising
  4. fictionalism
  5. fictionalisms
  6. fictionalist
  7. fictionalistic
  8. fictionalists
  9. fictionalities
  10. fictionality
  11. fictionalizable

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