ordinalism

noun

ordinalism

noun

Etymology From ordinal + -ism.

1

The state or quality of being ordinal.

Are the ideas of Ordinalism in Number, and of Superlativeness in Degree allied? The Metaphysical view, taken by itself, gives us but unsatisfactory evidence, whilst the Empirical view, taken by itself, does the same.1841, Robert Gordon Latham, The English Language:

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