"foundationalism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ~ *dʰubʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗnder. Proto-Italic *funðos Latin fundus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fundō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin fundātiōder. Old French fondacionbor. Middle English foundacioun English foundation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English foundational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English foundationalism From foundational + -ism. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|foundational|-ism|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ~ *dʰubʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗnder. Proto-Italic *funðos Latin fundus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fundō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin fundātiōder. Old French fondacionbor. Middle English foundacioun English foundation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English foundational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English foundationalism, {{suffix|en|foundational|ism}} foundational + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} foundationalism (uncountable)
  1. (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs Tags: uncountable Derived forms: antifoundationalism, foundherentism, nonfoundationalism, postfoundationalism Related terms: foundationalist Translations (the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs): fundamentalismi (Finnish), foundationalismi (Finnish), fundacionalismo [masculine] (Portuguese), fundacionismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
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