distributively
- a word derived from distributive.
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The same term may be used collectively or distributively in different relations.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
In logic “composition” is the name given to a fallacy of equivocation, where what is true distributively of each member of a class is inferred to be true of the whole class collectively.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
Either the whole people taken collectively must rule the same whole taken distributively, or a part must rule the rest.
From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.
When we say, 'All men are rational animals,' we have a true general proposition, because the predicate applies to the subject distributively, and not collectively.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
When it is said 'The plays of Shakspeare cannot be read in a day,' the proposition meets with a very different measure of acceptance according as its subject is understood collectively or distributively.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
