particular affirmative

American  

noun

Logic.

1. a proposition of the form “Some S is P.” I

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particular affirmative

Then, taking any particular affirmative, such as Some metaphysicians are obscure, and writing x for 'metaphysicians,' and y for 'obscure,' we may express it thus: I. xy = v.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

The word nothing is a general negative, and reputation is a particular affirmative.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

If these alone constituted good society in America, we might simply adopt the European distinctions, and settle the chaperone question by a particular affirmative referring to these alone.

From Etiquette by Morton, Agnes H.

The letters I, E and O are used respectively for the particular affirmative ``some x is y,'' the universal negative ``no x is y,'' and the particular negative ``some x is not y.''

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

And the universal negative "nobody calls on her" is well met by the particular affirmative "I called yesterday."

From A Tangled Tale by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)