Meaning of trivialism | Babel Free
Definitions
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The theory that every proposition and its negation is true. countable, uncountable
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A trivial matter or method; a triviality. countable, uncountable
Examples
“If it is possible for trivialism to be true, it may be false as well as true that all humans are mammals […]”
“This charge of trivialism is also called the principle of explosion […]”
“Trivialism is pretty hopeless as a philosophy, although it is very easy to defend/maintain verbally!”
“When, across the hundredfold poor scepticisms, trivialisms and constitutional cobwebberies of Dryasdust, you catch any glimpse of a William the Conqueror, a Tancred of Hauteville or suchlike, — do you not discern veritably some rude outline of a true God-made King […]?”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.