English Explanatory Dictionary

ironism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of doubt regarding one's own "vocabulary" (set of communicative beliefs) that cannot be removed by making arguments in that vocabulary.

Word forms

ironism

Etymology

Coined by American philosopher Richard Rorty, from Ancient Greek εἴρων (eírōn, “one who says less than they think”). By surface analysis, irony + -ism.

Related words

ironist
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