Meaning

(obsolete) One who affects singularity..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) One who affects singularity.
2. A proponent of singularism.
3. Pertaining to the believe in a single valid interpretation.
4. Pertaining to the belief believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events

Example Sentences

a clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage

Yet insofar as such reconciliation or healing depends upon satisfactory elucidatory inquiries into the admissibility of interretations of pertinent situations, the conducts of inquiry associated with singularist and multiplist ideals would be operative.

Rather than think of multiplist conditions as being always en route to an ideal singularist condition (which they may sometimes be), the multiplist allows that a singularist condition may itself be interim or en route to a yet deeper understanding of the complexities of pertinent practices .

In that respect , I am working within a broadly Humean tradition and not the singularist tradition .

Whether singularist theories of causation are viable depends intially on which brand of singularism one has in mind.

Word Forms

• singularists
• more singularist
• most singularist

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When Should You Use Singularist?

Use singularist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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