universal affirmative

noun

, Logic.

1. a proposition of the form “All S is P.” : A, a

Example Sentences

First, that if there be no universal affirmative or negative, it be carefully noted as not existing.

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But the Universal Affirmative cannot be thus converted simply.

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Suppose the thesis set up by the respondent to be an universal affirmative, or an universal negative.

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An Universal Affirmative may also state a relation between two terms whose denotation is co-extensive.

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