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Etymology

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referent +‎ -less

Adjective

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referentless (not comparable)

  1. Without a referent.
    • 1957, Burnham Putnam Beckwith, Religion, philosophy, and science: an introduction to logical positivism:
      In our criticism of referentless scientific nouns, like force and utility, we have gone far beyond the orthodox logical positivist position.