00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| intuitionism or intuitionalism (ˌɪntjʊˈɪʃəˌnɪzəm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | in ethics |
| a. the doctrine that there are moral truths discoverable by intuition | |
| b. See also deontological the doctrine that there is no single principle by which to resolve conflicts between intuited moral rules | |
| 2. | philosophy nominalism Compare Platonism the theory that general terms are used of a variety of objects in accordance with perceived similarities |
| 3. | logic the doctrine that logical axioms rest on prior intuitions concerning time, negation, and provability |
| 4. | a. the theory that mathematics cannot intelligibly comprehend the properties of infinite sets, and that only what can be shown to be provable can be justifiably asserted |
| b. formalism logicism Compare finitism the reconstruction of mathematics or logic in accordance with this view | |
| 5. | the doctrine that knowledge, esp of the external world, is acquired by intuition |
| intuitionalism or intuitionalism | |
| —n | |
| intu'itionist or intuitionalism | |
| —n | |
| intu'itionalist or intuitionalism | |
| —n | |