superpluralism

== English == === Etymology === From superplural + -ism. === Noun === superpluralism (uncountable) (philosophy, logic) The view that higher-level plural reference and quantification are legitimate and useful expressive resources, often in opposition to singularist analyses that reduce plurals to set-like objects. ==== Usage notes ==== Superpluralism is contrasted with singularism, the view that plural terms refer to set-like objects. Defenders of superpluralism argue that superplural reference is intelligible and realized in natural language, while skeptics contend that higher-level plural reference is unintelligible or eliminable. ==== Synonyms ==== plupluralism (from pluplural) ==== Antonyms ==== singularism ==== Related terms ==== superplural superplurality pluralism