"defaultist" meaning in English

See defaultist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: default + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|default|-ist}} default + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} defaultist (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to defaultism. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-defaultist-en-adj-7JvnGicA

Noun

Forms: defaultists [plural]
Etymology: default + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|default|-ist}} default + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} defaultist (plural defaultists)
  1. (pragmatics) One who believes that scalar implicatures arise from a default association with a word, rather than arising from contextual inference. Categories (topical): Pragmatics
    Sense id: en-defaultist-en-noun-mHQQTevp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 5 95 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, pragmatics, sciences

Inflected forms

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