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单词 factualist
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factualistn.adj.

Brit. /ˈfaktʃʊəlɪst/, /ˈfaktʃᵿlɪst/, /ˈfaktʃl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈfæk(t)ʃ(əw)ələst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: factual adj., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < factual adj. + -ist suffix, after factualism n.
A. n.
A person whose predominant concern is with facts; Philosophy an adherent of factualism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > factualism and its adherents
factualist1874
factualism1911
1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 5 Dec. 720/1 Factualists and truth-tellers are ceaselessly confounded; but they differ as the flame of the candle and the flush of the sunrise.
1914 Sewanee Rev. 22 188 The factualist attempts to strip from the object of his experience every idiosyncrasy which is purely individual to the artist.
1948 J. Kerouac Let. Dec. in J. Kerouac & A. Ginsberg Lett. (2010) 63 The realization that art is cracked anyway (mostly) only makes me become a Factualist now.
1951 W. S. Burroughs Let. 5 May (1993) 85 I could make out a case if I wanted to but it violates my principles as a factualist to alibi for anything.
1961 J. B. Wilson Reason & Morals ii. 39 Moralists and Factualists seem to defend their beliefs in different ways... A Factualist would perhaps say ‘Easy divorce does harm to the children’.
2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Sept. a27/1 Mr. Kane was not just a trivialist—he was a factualist with a conscience.
B. adj.
Of or relating to factualists or factualism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [adjective] > of other theories, etc.
Shaftesburian1752
non-inductive1844
inductive1861
imperativist1921
Weberian1925
factualist1933
situationalist1942
prescriptive1946
cognitivist1952
prescriptivist1954
1933 M. Schütze Acad. Illusions in Field of Lett. & Arts xii. 235 The metaphysical movement had held a far more extended sway.., than did the factualist system.
1961 J. B. Wilson Reason & Morals ii. 44 The Factualist metaphysic..need not grind any such axe.
1991 L. Nowak & K.Sawala Power & Civil Society 217 Recent methodology has put forward the idea of theoretical modeling, calling into question the factualist account of the scientific method.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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