disquotation en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English quotation English disquotation From dis- + quotation.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The reversal of the process of quotation; turning a quoted utterance into an actual statement
The universalist claims that ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true, so if she is right about what is true then ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true. By disquotation, then, the Taj Mahal exists.
2008 April 1, Ross P. Cameron, “Truthmakers and ontological commitment: or how to deal with complex objects and mathematical ontology without getting into trouble”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI: