testifier
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈtɛstəˌfaɪər/
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testigo
- There will be fewer cases in which testifiers of this sort will speak falsehoods, and hence fewer occasions when the beliefs hearers inherit from testimony are false.
Examples
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If testifiers in this category are less prone to insincerity (deception), then that should have a payoff in hearer veritistic terms.
Academic text (2001) -
Users of BABA are less risk-prone because their default procedure only licenses trust in testifiers with whom they have a bonding relationship.
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I try to find people who are not the known testifiers in a given area, and we turn to the books.
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The testifiers are identified by year of birth and place of origin.
Academic text (2005) -
The Poverty Truth Commission brings together two groups of people: 'testifiers,' those who know personally and understand the struggle against poverty, and 'Commissioners,' those
Blog text (15) -
So you've got peers that that can be testifiers or you have experts.
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If we transform this into a piece of developmental psychology, Hume would claim that a young child would not believe a report without personal observational evidence of the testifier's reliability (on the subject in question).
Academic text (2001) -
The moment represents an epistemological intervention, positioning Blackman squarely in the space of national mythology alongside Lismer: the 'new rememberer' as both testifier and creator.
Academic text (2016) -
Hume held that trust in testimony must be supported by a receiver's own observational evidence of the testifier's reliability (Hume 1972, p. 111).
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The courtroom was tense as each testifier presented their evidence before the judge.
Synonyms
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2.3
A person who tells what they know in court under oath
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4.6
A person with special knowledge who gives an opinion in court about a subject they know well
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9.6
A person who gives a written statement under oath for a legal case
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A person who heard something and reports it to police or court
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A person who gives evidence in court about what they personally saw or experienced
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A person or thing that gives proof that something is true
A person who tells what they saw or know under oath in a legal case
A person who watches and signs a document to show it is true
A person who confirms that a document or statement is true
A person who signs a document to show it or its signature is real
A person who signs a document as a witness to show the signature is real
A person who gives evidence or reasons to support a point
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Testifier comes from the same root as testify and testimony, from a Latin word meaning 'witness'. So a testifier is simply someone who 'gives evidence' or speaks as a witness, especially in court.