dialetheist

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noun

A person who believes in or advocates dialetheism, the logical or metaphysical theory that two contradictory propositions can both be true.

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Meanings

noundialetheist (plural dialetheists)

plural dialetheists

  1. human sciencesA person who believes in or advocates dialetheism, the logical or metaphysical theory that two contradictory propositions can both be true.

    Of course, dialetheists, who hold that some sentences are true with true negations, also provide a response that purports to resolve the paradoxes […]

    2014, Shahid Rahman, Tero Tulenheimo, Emmanuel Genot, Unity, Truth and the Liar: The Modern Relevance of Medieval Solutions to the […] , […]

Origin

From dialetheism + -ist.

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APA

dialetheist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialetheist

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“dialetheist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialetheist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dialetheist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialetheist.

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