emotivism
noun
emotivism is spelled E-M-O-T-I-V-I-S-M: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, emotivism means “The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should" and "ought to", are primarily expressions of one's own…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emotivism is emotivisms.
How many letters and syllables are in emotivism?
| Letters | 9: E-M-O-T-I-V-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is emotivism?
Emotivism appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of emotivism
- emotivisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emotivism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should" and "ought to", are primarily expressions of one's own attitude and imperatives meant to change the attitudes and actions of another.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does emotivism come from?
From emotive + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).