emotivism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English emotive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English emotivism From emotive + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should" and "ought to", are primarily expressions of one's own attitude and imperatives meant to change the attitudes and actions of another.
Another important meta-ethical theory is known as emotivism or non-cognitivism. Emotivists ... claim that all ethical statements are literally meaningless.
1999, Nigel Warburton, Philosophy: The Basics:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotivisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
fi emotivismi (Translations) · ro emotivism (Translations) · nl emotivisme (Translations)