descriptionalist means one who subscribes to descriptionalism. It carries an Arena rating of 1103, earned across 6 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, descriptionalist ranks #10,412 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #12,993 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #13,643 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #13,711 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words.
Why “descriptionalist” is a great word
A proponent of the view that mental representations are fundamentally language-like or propositional in nature. From descriptional (relating to description) + -ist (agent noun suffix), formed from the base of descriptionalism. Unlike a pictorialist, who sees cognition as a gallery of depictive images, or an imagist, who privileges the vivid flash of mental pictures, the descriptionalist hears the mind's constant, silent narration. It is the parsing of a room not as a visual scene but as a list of facts—the lamp is on the table, the window is to the left; it is knowing a melody by its structural description rather than by its tune; it is the quiet conviction that even our most vivid memories are, at root, sentences we tell ourselves in the dark—an austere faith in the primacy of words over worlds.
noun
- One who subscribes to descriptionalism.
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