coherentist

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adjective

Of or supporting coherentism

OriginEnglish coherent ← Middle French coherent ← Latin cohaerēns →
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Meanings

adjectivecoherentist (comparative more coherentist, superlative most coherentist)

comparative more coherentist · superlative most coherentist

  1. human sciencesOf or supporting coherentism
nouncoherentist (plural coherentists)

plural coherentists

  1. human sciencesOne who supports coherentism in terms of truth or justification

    So the foundationalist holds that both experiences and beliefs can justify beliefs, whereas the coherentist holds that only beliefs can justify beliefs.

    2007 July 12, Harold Langsam, “Rationality, Justification, and the Internalism/Externalism Debate”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI

Origin

  1. Latincohaereō
  2. Latincohaerēns
  3. Middle Frenchcoherent
  4. Englishcoherent
  5. Englishcoherentist

From coherent + -ist.

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APA

coherentist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coherentist

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coherentist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coherentist.

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