Word info

defaultist

Speech parts

1. defaultist - Noun

2. defaultist - Adjective

Meaning

defaultist (not comparable)

Of or relating to defaultism.

(semantics) One who believes in a defaultist interpretation of scalar implicature, that is, that scalar implicatures arise from a default association with a word, rather than arising from contextual inference.
Antonym: contextualist

(finance) One who believes a government should default on its debts. (Can we verify this sense?)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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