nothing-butadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnʌθɪŋˈbʌt/, U.S.

/ˌnəθɪŋˈbət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nothing pron. and n., but conj.

Etymology: < nothing pron. and n. + but conj. Compare slightly earlier nothing-but-ism n.

Psychology. rare.

A. adj.

Of an approach: reductive or oversimplistic, esp. in order to create the illusion of accord.

ΚΠ

1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xiv. 257 All who advance theories of mind containing the word ‘nothing but’, tend to involve themselves in this kind of contradiction. The very fact that they formulate theories which they believe to have general validity..constitutes in itself a sufficient denial of the validity of ‘nothing-but’ judgments concerning the nature of the mind.

B. n.

With the: reductionism.

ΚΠ

1951 M. Lowry Let. 25 Aug. (1967) 252 You might call it pseudo-Freud and the philosophy of the ‘nothingbut’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nothing-but
释义	nothing-butadj.n. Brit. /ˌnʌθɪŋˈbʌt/, U.S. /ˌnəθɪŋˈbət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nothing pron. and n., but conj. Etymology: < nothing pron. and n. + but conj. Compare slightly earlier nothing-but-ism n. Psychology. rare. A. adj. Of an approach: reductive or oversimplistic, esp. in order to create the illusion of accord. ΚΠ 1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xiv. 257 All who advance theories of mind containing the word ‘nothing but’, tend to involve themselves in this kind of contradiction. The very fact that they formulate theories which they believe to have general validity..constitutes in itself a sufficient denial of the validity of ‘nothing-but’ judgments concerning the nature of the mind. B. n. With the: reductionism. ΚΠ 1951 M. Lowry Let. 25 Aug. (1967) 252 You might call it pseudo-Freud and the philosophy of the ‘nothingbut’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1937
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