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temporalism

temporalism noun: the position that the truth value of a proposition can vary across time.

Noun

temporalism (countable and uncountable, plural temporalisms)

  1. The position that the truth value of a proposition can vary across time.
    • As stated, this argument assumes a form of propositional temporalism: it assumes that the proposition expressed by my sentence for A-THEORY* has different truth values relative to different times.2015 January 8, Leo Carton Mollica, “Explanation and nowness: an objection to the A-Theory”, in Philosophical Studies, →DOI
  2. The tendency of ecclesiastical authority to interfere in the political power of a nation.

Antonyms of temporalism

Forms of temporalism

pluraltemporalisms

Origin of temporalism

From temporal + -ism.

Questions about temporalism

What does temporalism mean?
Temporalism means the position that the truth value of a proposition can vary across time.
What part of speech is temporalism?
Temporalism is a noun.
What is the plural of temporalism?
The plural of temporalism is temporalisms.

Words near temporalism in the dictionary

  1. temporalis
  2. temporalise
  3. temporalised
  4. temporalises
  5. temporalising
  6. temporalism
  7. temporalisms
  8. temporalist
  9. temporalistic
  10. temporalistically
  11. temporalists

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