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ersatzist

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English

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Etymology

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From ersatz +‎ -ist.

Adjective

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ersatzist (comparative more ersatzist, superlative most ersatzist)

  1. (metaphysics) Pertaining to or exemplifying ersatzism

Noun

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ersatzist (plural ersatzists)

  1. (metaphysics) An adherent of ersatzism
    • 2008 April 25, Mark Heller, “The Donkey Problem”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:
      Linguistic ersatzists hold that even if Lewis happened to be right about which hunks of stuff there are, he would still be wrong about modality.