ersatzist

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adjective

Pertaining to or exemplifying ersatzism.

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Meanings

adjectiveersatzist (comparative more ersatzist, superlative most ersatzist)

comparative more ersatzist · superlative most ersatzist

  1. metaphysicsPertaining to or exemplifying ersatzism.
nounersatzist (plural ersatzists)

plural ersatzists

  1. metaphysicsAn adherent of ersatzism.

    Linguistic ersatzists hold that even if Lewis happened to be right about which hunks of stuff there are, he would still be wrong about modality.

    2008 April 25, Mark Heller, “The Donkey Problem”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI

Origin

From ersatz + -ist.

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Chicago

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