Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EXTERNALIST
Etymology
Adjective
externalist (comparative more externalist, superlative most externalist)
(epistemology) Contending that there are non-internal factors which can affect the justificatory status of a belief
Coordinate terms
• internalist
Noun
externalist (plural externalists)
One who adheres to externalist beliefs
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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