expressivism

English

Etymology

From expressive +‎ -ism.

Noun

expressivism (usually uncountable, plural expressivisms)

1. (philosophy, ethics) The doctrine that moral statements such as "this is wrong" express a moral evaluation rather than a statement of fact
   • 2007 February 7, Jeff Wisdom, “Base property exemplification and mixed worlds: remarks on the Shafer-Landau/Mabrito exchange”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI:

     It attempts to show that expressivism is superior to realism at explaining two key theses.

Related terms

• expressivist

See also

• expressivism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia