singularist means pertaining to the believe in a single valid interpretation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From singular + -ist.
adj
- Pertaining to the believe in a single valid interpretation.“Yet insofar as such reconciliation or healing depends upon satisfactory elucidatory inquiries into the admissibility of interretations of pertinent situations, the conducts of inquiry associated with singularist and multiplist ideals would be operative.”
- Pertaining to the belief believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events“In that respect , I am working within a broadly Humean tradition and not the singularist tradition .”
noun
- One who affects singularity.“a clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage”
- A proponent of singularism.; One who believes there is a single valid interpretion.“To that end, the singularist understands an inquiry to proceed.”
- A proponent of singularism.; One who believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events.“Like all singularists, Ducasse holds that causation is a relation between particular events with no generalist comonent.”