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Eliminative in a sentence

Eliminative meaning

Of, pertaining to, or producing elimination

Using Eliminative

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of, pertaining to, or producing elimination
  • In the example corpus, eliminative often appears in combinations such as: eliminative materialism.

Context around Eliminative

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

strictly 1×

Often after:

materialism 2× materialists 1× materialist 1×

Sentence patterns with Eliminative

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a strictly eliminative materialism 1× eliminative materialists believe 1× facts and eliminative materialism on 1× filter as eliminative because it 1× is an eliminative materialist might 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

because a high 1× eliminative materialists believe 1× john wilkins and 1× reductive materialism being 1×

Common sentence endings:

defaulting to design 1× demon caused illnesses 1× in the middle 1× neuro scientific account 1× strictly eliminative materialism 1×

Words around Eliminative

Just before it in the word index:

eliminations 50 eliminationists 2 eliminationist 2 elimination 970 eliminating 963 eliminates 357

Just after it in the word index:

eliminativism 2 eliminator 35 eliminators 2 elims 2 elin 33 elina 26

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Eliminative

  • In this selection, "eliminative" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, strictly, materialism, materialists and materialist stand out and add context to how "eliminative" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a strictly eliminative materialism and eliminative materialists believe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "eliminative" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with eliminative

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

John Wilkins and Wesley R. Elsberry characterize Dembski's "explanatory filter" as eliminative because it eliminates explanations sequentially: first regularity, then chance, finally defaulting to design. (26 words)

That is, an eliminative materialist might suggest that a concept like "belief" simply has no basis in fact - the way folk science speaks of demon-caused illnesses. (27 words)

Because a high-level language is a practical requirement for developing the most complex programs, functionalism implies that a non-reductive physicalism would offer a similar advantage over a strictly eliminative materialism. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

Reductive materialism being at one end of a continuum (our theories will reduce to facts) and eliminative materialism on the other (certain theories will need to be eliminated in light of new facts), Revisionary materialism is somewhere in the middle. (40 words)

Because a high-level language is a practical requirement for developing the most complex programs, functionalism implies that a non-reductive physicalism would offer a similar advantage over a strictly eliminative materialism. (32 words)

Eliminative materialists believe " folk psychology " is so unscientific that, ultimately, it will be better to eliminate primitive concepts such as mind, desire and belief, in favor of a future neuro-scientific account. (32 words)

Example sentences (5)

Because a high-level language is a practical requirement for developing the most complex programs, functionalism implies that a non-reductive physicalism would offer a similar advantage over a strictly eliminative materialism.

Eliminative materialists believe " folk psychology " is so unscientific that, ultimately, it will be better to eliminate primitive concepts such as mind, desire and belief, in favor of a future neuro-scientific account.

John Wilkins and Wesley R. Elsberry characterize Dembski's "explanatory filter" as eliminative because it eliminates explanations sequentially: first regularity, then chance, finally defaulting to design.

Reductive materialism being at one end of a continuum (our theories will reduce to facts) and eliminative materialism on the other (certain theories will need to be eliminated in light of new facts), Revisionary materialism is somewhere in the middle.

That is, an eliminative materialist might suggest that a concept like "belief" simply has no basis in fact - the way folk science speaks of demon-caused illnesses.

Common combinations with eliminative

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "eliminative" in a sentence?
An example: "Because a high-level language is a practical requirement for developing the most complex programs, functionalism implies that a non-reductive physicalism would offer a similar advantage over a strictly eliminative materialism." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "eliminative" from authentic English texts.
What does "eliminative" mean?
Eliminative means: Of, pertaining to, or producing elimination
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