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UNIVERSAL PROPOSITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does universal proposition mean? 

UNIVERSAL PROPOSITION (noun)
  The noun UNIVERSAL PROPOSITION has 1 sense:

1. (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a classplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UNIVERSAL PROPOSITION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

universal; universal proposition

Hypernyms ("universal 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:

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


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