deflationism

English

Etymology

deflation +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfleɪʃənɪzəm/

Noun

deflationism (usually uncountable, plural deflationisms)

1. (philosophy) A theory proposing that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
   • 2008 April 2, Robert Mößgen, “Dirk Greimann and Geo Siegwart, Truth and Speech Acts. Studies in the Philosophy of Language (=Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 5)”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI:

     In “The use of force against deflationism” they argue, against several versions of deflationism, that the concept of truth must play a substantive explanatory role in an adaquate account of assertion.