definitive description
noun1
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A phrase that designates an object by providing a description that is satisfied by exactly one object.
- A definitive description is a phrase of the form 'the so-and-so' which denotes a particular object in virtue of the fact that there is exactly one object satisfying the description.1905, Bertrand Russell, On Denoting, volume 14, page 481:
- Antonyms
- indefinite description, ambiguous description
- Related terms
- theory of descriptions, iota operator, uniqueness quantifier