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truthmaker

truthmaker noun: that entity in virtue of which a truthbearer is true.

Noun

truthmaker (plural truthmakers)

  1. That entity in virtue of which a truthbearer is true.
    • It is possible for two non-synonymous sentences to have the same truthmaker.2008 August 27, Kevin Dewan, “Review of Heather Dyke, Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI

Forms of truthmaker

pluraltruthmakers

Origin of truthmaker

From truth + maker.

Questions about truthmaker

What does truthmaker mean?
Truthmaker means that entity in virtue of which a truthbearer is true.
What part of speech is truthmaker?
Truthmaker is a noun.
What is the plural of truthmaker?
The plural of truthmaker is truthmakers.

Words near truthmaker in the dictionary

  1. truthlessly
  2. truthlessness
  3. truthlike
  4. truthlikeness
  5. truthly
  6. truthmaker
  7. truthmakers
  8. truthmaking
  9. truthness
  10. truthology
  11. truthophobia

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