Disquotation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The reversal of the process of quotation; turning a quoted utterance into an actual statement uncountable

    "The universalist claims that ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true, so if she is right about what is true then ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true. By disquotation, then, the Taj Mahal exists."

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"The universalist claims that ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true, so if she is right about what is true then ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true. By disquotation, then, the Taj Mahal exists."

Etymology

From dis- + quotation.

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