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noun Logic.

a definition consisting of a set of rules such that by repeated application of the rules the meaning of the definiendum is uniquely determined in terms of ideas that are already familiar.

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Origin of recursive definition

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby recursive definition

recurring, recurring decimal, recursion, recursion formula, recursive, recursive definition, recursive function, recursive subroutine, recurvate, recurve, recurved

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After much thinking I have arrived at a definition of Swadeshi that, perhaps, best illustrates my meaning.
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Thus, as for religion, in order to satisfy the requirements of the definition, I must restrict myself to my ancestral religion.
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They would probably have little effect on the definition, and at any rate could not be expected to improve it.
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