first-order

adjective

1. logic quantifying only over individuals and not over predicates or clauses: first-order predicate calculus studies the logical properties of such quantification

Example Sentences

A first-order problem is that Mr. Berry says he believed the client for his reports was a Chinese company wishing to do business in Britain, not the Chinese state—and he denies that the reports contained any classified information.

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It would be a first-order error in reasoning and inference to separate Trump’s style of personalist rule and autocracy from his personality and mind.

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In that case, I have no first-order objection to a policy of arresting, imprisoning or deporting proven members of Tren de Aragua.

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Equally, if the first-order problem is the car - as it seems to be - why blame the driver?

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It's not just the first-order effects.

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