PARTICULAR PROPOSITION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does particular proposition mean? 

• PARTICULAR PROPOSITION (noun)
  The noun PARTICULAR PROPOSITION has 1 sense:

1. (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

  Familiarity information: PARTICULAR PROPOSITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTICULAR PROPOSITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

particular; particular proposition

Hypernyms ("particular proposition" is a kind of...):

proposition ((logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Antonym:

universal proposition ((logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class)