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perspectival

perspectival adjective: of or pertaining to perspective.

Adjective

perspectival (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to perspective.
    • After all, sense-data are typically introduced into a theory as a result of argument—as a result, for instance, of reflecting on such phenomena as illusion, hallucination, perspectival variation, and so forth—and not as a result of sheer self-awareness.2007 July 12, A. D. Smith, “Translucent experiences”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI

Origin of perspectival

From perspective + -al.

Words formed from perspectival

Words that rhyme with perspectival

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Questions about perspectival

What does perspectival mean?
Perspectival means of or pertaining to perspective.
What part of speech is perspectival?
Perspectival is an adjective.

Words near perspectival in the dictionary

  1. persophones
  2. Persosphere
  3. persp
  4. perspection
  5. perspections
  6. perspectival
  7. perspectivalisation
  8. perspectivalism
  9. perspectivalization
  10. perspectivation
  11. perspectivations

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