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Meaning of impossibilism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A belief in unrealizable or impractical policies.
  2. A socialist doctrine that stresses the limited value of political, economic, and social reforms within a capitalist economy, arguing that the pursuit of such reforms strengthens support for the existing system.
  3. The view that free will does not exist and is simply impossible.

Examples

“In the next section I examine five fatalist arguments for impossibilism and show that they all fail, and some for reasons more subtle than is usually thought.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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