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adj
Pertaining to or advocating expressivism, the doctrine that the primary function of moral sentences and sensation sentences (like "I am in pain") is to express an evaluative attitude, rather than stating a fact
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
An advocate of expressivism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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History
Etymology tree English expressive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English expressivist From expressive + -ist.
