English Explanatory Dictionary

sortal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a sort, or kind.
  2. Having the character of a sortal.
noun
  1. A type of universal that defines a particular sort of object

Word forms

sortal sortals

Etymology

From sort + -al. Coined by John Locke in 1690 in his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

Related words

Sortals in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Derived words

nonsortal sortalism sortalist sortalize
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