"evidentialist" meaning in English

See evidentialist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more evidentialist [comparative], most evidentialist [superlative]
Etymology: From evidential + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evidential|ist}} evidential + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} evidentialist (comparative more evidentialist, superlative most evidentialist)
  1. (philosophy) Of or supporting evidentialism, the doctrine that evidence is of primary importance in questions of belief Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-evidentialist-en-adj-W8OxtnmX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Noun

Forms: evidentialists [plural]
Etymology: From evidential + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evidential|ist}} evidential + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} evidentialist (plural evidentialists)
  1. (philosophy) One who supports or argues for evidentialism Categories (topical): Philosophy, People
    Sense id: en-evidentialist-en-noun-LGRwqI3N Disambiguation of People: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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