Meanings
adjectivereferentless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout a referent.
In our criticism of referentless scientific nouns, like force and utility, we have gone far beyond the orthodox logical positivist position.
1957, Burnham Putnam Beckwith, Religion, philosophy, and science: an introduction to logical positivism
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