referentless
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]referentless (not comparable)
- Without a referent.
- 1957, Burnham Putnam Beckwith, Religion, philosophy, and science: an introduction to logical positivism:
- In our criticism of referentless scientific nouns, like force and utility, we have gone far beyond the orthodox logical positivist position.