English
representationism
From representation + -ism.
Formed from representation + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
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Latin repraesentō ‘to show, exhibit, display’
Latin repraesentātiō
Old French representacion
Middle English representacioun
English representation
Today it means
noun The doctrine that thoughts are representations of real, external objects.
Sources
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