logical construction
Americannoun
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
From them the mind may proceed to the logical construction of the Science, without further reference to the external world.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Thus Cowley's play has the characteristic faults of immature work, absence of rational characterization, and want of logical construction.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
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 Bertrand Russell
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