identical proposition


nounLogic.
  1. a proposition in which the subject and predicate have the same meaning, as, “That which is mortal is not immortal.”

Origin of identical proposition

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First recorded in 1635–45

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identical proposition

noun
  1. logic a necessary truth, esp a categorial identity, such as whatever is triangular has three sides

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