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superpluralism

superpluralism noun: the view that higher-level plural reference and quantification are legitimate and useful expressive resources, often in opposition to singularist analyses that reduce plurals to set-like objects.

Noun

superpluralism (uncountable)

  1. The view that higher-level plural reference and quantification are legitimate and useful expressive resources, often in opposition to singularist analyses that reduce plurals to set-like objects.
    • Superplurals have come up time and again in the preceding chapters. We have observed on several occasions that the expressive resources afforded by superplurals would have useful applications.2021, Salvatore Florio, Øystein Linnebo, The Many and the One: A Philosophical Study of Plural Logic, Oxford University Press, page 174
    Synonyms:
    plupluralism

Synonyms of superpluralism

Antonyms

Origin of superpluralism

From superplural + -ism.

Questions about superpluralism

What does superpluralism mean?
Superpluralism means the view that higher-level plural reference and quantification are legitimate and useful expressive resources, often in opposition to singularist analyses that reduce plurals to set-like objects.
What part of speech is superpluralism?
Superpluralism is a noun.

Words near superpluralism in the dictionary

  1. superplexes
  2. superplexing
  3. superplume
  4. superplumes
  5. superplural
  6. superpluralism
  7. superpluralities
  8. superplurality
  9. superplurals
  10. superplus
  11. superplusage

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