ordinalism
/ˈɔːdɪn(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ /ˈɔːdɪnəlɪz(ə)m/ /ˈɔːd(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/rare before 20th cent
noun
Originally: the quality of being ordinal. Later: the process of ranking things on an ordinal scale; (Economics ) a system of measuring utility using rankings of preference.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Latham (1812–1888), ethnologist and philologist. From ordinal + -ism.
- large-hearted
- large-heartedness
- large intestine
- large leaf
- large-leaved
- large-lung
- large-lunged
- largely
- large-minded
- largemouth
- large-mouthed
- large-mouthed bass
- largen
- largeness
- largeous
- large paper
- large print
- larger than life
- large-scale
- large-scale integration
- large-spaced
- largess
- largesse
- larget
- large-toothed