defaultist
defaultist · defaultists
One who believes that scalar implicatures arise from a default association with a…One who believes that scalar implicatures arise from a default association with a word, rather than arising from contextual inference.
Meaning
1 sensesOne who believes that scalar implicatures arise from a default association with a word, rather than arising from contextual inference.
A defaultist believes that the default interpretation of the phrase "some eels are fish" is the pragmatic interpretation "some, but not all, eels are fish".
Origin
From default + -ist.From default + -ist.
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Forms
plural: defaultists| Singular | defaultist |
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