1. a person who believes in or advocates finitism, the philosophical position that only finite mathematical objects and constructions are valid or meaningful.
Usage: technical; philosophy of mathematics

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of finitism or finitists.
Usage: technical; philosophy of mathematics

Examples

• The finitist rejects the existence of infinite sets in mathematics.
• A finitist approach to arithmetic focuses only on constructible numbers.
• Finitist mathematicians argue that only finitely computable objects should be accepted.
• The debate between finitists and classical mathematicians continues in logic.
• Her finitist philosophy influenced her work on computational mathematics.