"emotivism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: emotivisms [plural]
Etymology: emotive + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|emotive|ism}} emotive + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} emotivism (countable and uncountable, plural emotivisms)
  1. (ethics) 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. Wikipedia link: emotivism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethics Related terms: emotionalism, noncognitivism Translations (Translations): emotivisme [neuter] (Dutch), emotivismi (Finnish), emotivism (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-emotivism-en-noun-y-vPqnsT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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