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essentialism

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Definitions

  1. The view that objects have properties that are essential to them.

Word origin

From essential + -ism.

Used in a sentence

  • More problematic is the essentialism that interests modal logicians, namely "the view that some attributes belong to an object by necessity whereas others belong to it contingently."
  • Opponents of essentialism argue that "essences" are simply creations of language and culture.
  • Like most of those who use the term, I continue to think essentialism a bad thing, but what exactly is wrong with it? Is it a matter of degree, a question of context or something that must be avoided at all costs?

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