Minoritary
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Relating to a minority not-comparable
"Although the foregoing paragraphs are not intended to provide a knock-down argument against Siegel’s approach, and more generally against any analysis of bif-clauses as truth-conditionally relevant, it seems at least initially legitimate to treat this minoritary position with suspicion, and to investigate the shape for a theory of biscuit conditionals grounded on the widespread assumption of those clauses’ truth-conditional idleness."
Example
More examples"Although the foregoing paragraphs are not intended to provide a knock-down argument against Siegel’s approach, and more generally against any analysis of bif-clauses as truth-conditionally relevant, it seems at least initially legitimate to treat this minoritary position with suspicion, and to investigate the shape for a theory of biscuit conditionals grounded on the widespread assumption of those clauses’ truth-conditional idleness."
Etymology
From minority + -ary.
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