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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The axiological view that frustrated preferences create a negative moral 'debit' which can be canceled out through their satisfaction. Thus, satisfying a desire that already exists is good, but creating a new satisfied desire is not. uncountable

Etymology

From anti- + frustration + -ism, coined by German analytic philosopher Christoph Fehige in 1998.

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