Referentless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a referent. not-comparable

    "In our criticism of referentless scientific nouns, like force and utility, we have gone far beyond the orthodox logical positivist position."

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"In our criticism of referentless scientific nouns, like force and utility, we have gone far beyond the orthodox logical positivist position."

Etymology

From referent + -less.

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