| 单词 | ostensive definition |
| 释义 | > as lemmasostensive definition ostensive definition n. Philosophy and Linguistics explanation of the signification of a term by direct demonstration or by indication of an object to which it applies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > definition nominal definition1697 genetic definitiona1856 ostensive definition1921 ostension1939 stipulative definition1950 1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. vi. 94 We may now introduce the technical term ‘ostensive’ which will suggest as its opposite the familiar term ‘intensive’... Imposing a name in the act of indicating, presenting or introducing the object to which the name is to apply,..this it is that constitutes ostensive definition. 1950 R. Robinson Definition ii. 15 ‘Ostensive definition’ is the name of a method, the method that makes use of pointing or physical introduction. 1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 21 One might under adverse conditions learn a human language, by ostensive definition and the like. 1985 A. Kenny Path from Rome (1986) viii. 108 The experience of the mystics provides an ostensive definition of the word ‘God’. < as lemmas |
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