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logical construction

American

noun

Logic, Philosophy.

anything referred to by an incomplete symbol capable of contextual definition.

Etymology

Origin of logical construction

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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It’s an awkward logical construction that equates his detractors being wrong with their being corrupt – which, of course, isn’t the exact same thing.

From US News • Jul. 22, 2016

We’ve seen this logical construction before: it worked for something known as the "divine right of kings."

From Salon • May 4, 2011

All the aspects of a thing are real, whereas the thing is a mere logical construction.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

I have been thinking a good deal about plays lately, and I have been wondering why I dislike the clear and logical construction which seems necessary if one is to succeed on the Modern Stage.

From Ideas of Good and Evil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

It will soon appear that they do not form a perfectly logical construction and are not part of an a priori system.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

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