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material mode

noun

philosophy the normal use of language that refers to extra-linguistic subjects without explicit mention of the words themselves. Fido is a dog is in the material mode, while "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal modeSee also use (def. 18)

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Nearby words

  1. material,
  2. material cause,
  3. material culture,
  4. material equivalence,
  5. material implication,
  6. materialise,
  7. materialism,
  8. materialist,
  9. materialistic,
  10. materiality
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