English Explanatory Dictionary

emotivism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

emotivism emotivisms

Etymology

From emotive + -ism.

Related words

emotionalism noncognitivism
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