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- noun Plural form of
desiderative .
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Examples
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Dignitatives and desideratives are not simple objects; they are complex because they presuppose certain things and states of affairs.
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In Meinong's later work, objects of higher order are complexes (comprising mere collections as a borderline case), relations, and the aforementioned objects of mental acts, namely objectives, dignitatives and desideratives (1917,
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