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Meaning of emotivism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi emotivismi
Nederlands emotivisme

Examples

“Another important meta-ethical theory is known as emotivism or non-cognitivism. Emotivists ... claim that all ethical statements are literally meaningless.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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