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de dic·to

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  1. de dictoadjective

    Taking the utterance in consideration, without having a particular referent in mind.

  2. Etymology: From de dictum.

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  1. de dicto

    De dicto and de re are two phrases used to mark a distinction in intensional statements, associated with the intensional operators in many such statements. The distinction is used regularly in metaphysics and in philosophy of language.The literal translation of the phrase "de dicto" is "about what is said", whereas de re translates as "about the thing". The original meaning of the Latin locutions may help to elucidate the living meaning of the phrases, in the distinctions they mark. The distinction can be understood by examples of intensional contexts of which three are considered here: a context of thought, a context of desire, and a context of modality.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of de dicto in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of de dicto in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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