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

They could be ignored by the porcelain men, under the maxim, that objects not appearing, and not existing, are governed by the same logical construction.

From Miscellaneous Essays by De Quincey, Thomas

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

Bismarck represents the active side, as the eminent philosophers of the German people represent the side of logical construction.

From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various