Word: contrastivism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
tra
sti
vi
sm
Definition: An epistemological theory suggesting that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form "S knows that p rather than q", in contrast to the traditional view whereby knowledge attributions have a binary structure of the form "S knows that p".
Morphemes:
Affix: contrast
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The degree of this difference.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: contrā
Language: la
Decoded: contra
Meaning: against
Affix: stō
Language: la
Decoded: sto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I am located at
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ( ).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.