Nonreferring
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not referring. not-comparable
"In particular, Frege held as a special case of the Compositionality of Reference that a compound expression having a nonreferring part (as for example, 'the wife of the present king of France') must itself be nonreferring."
Example
More examples"In particular, Frege held as a special case of the Compositionality of Reference that a compound expression having a nonreferring part (as for example, 'the wife of the present king of France') must itself be nonreferring."
Etymology
From non- + referring.
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