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Definition of Subcontrary
1. a. Contrary in an inferior degree.
2. n. A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
Definition of Subcontrary
1. Noun. (logic) Either of a pair of propositions at least one of which must be true ¹
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Definition of Subcontrary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcontrary
Literary usage of Subcontrary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"In the case of propositions, ' contrary ' and ' subcontrary ' are badly chosen
names for the OPPOSITION (qv) of A and E, O and 7, respectively, ..."
2. An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought: A Treatise on Pure and Applied by William Thomson (1849)
"... lefs properly applies here, as the relation of the judgments is really a
partial agreement. subcontrary ..."
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