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antiessentialist en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + essentialist.

Meanings

  1. Opposing essentialism.
    • Cassavetes' cinema is antiessentialist. Behavior is not reducible to origins, causes, intentions, motives, goals, or desires. 1985, Raymond Carney, The Films of John Cassavetes, Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies, page 186:

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most antiessentialist Degree=Sup lexicographic
more antiessentialist Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (1)

pt antiessencialista (opposing essentialism)

antiessentialist en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + essentialist.

Meanings

  1. One who opposes essentialism.

Forms

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antiessentialists Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

pt antiessencialista (one who opposes essentialism)