logical construction

American  

noun

Logic, Philosophy.

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

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Etymology

Origin of logical construction

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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

The one space may turn out to be valid as a logical construction, compounded of the several spaces, but there is no good reason to assume its independent metaphysical reality.

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)

Let the pupils discuss the thought and the poetic form, as well as the logical construction of these passages.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd