universal affirmative

American  

noun

Logic.

1. a proposition of the form “All S is P.” A, a

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Example Sentences

Consider the following universal affirmative statement: “All games involve a winner and a loser.”

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

It suffices to prove every kind of conclusion, and is the only figure in which a universal affirmative proposition can be established.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

In Logic, the letter A is used as a symbol for the universal affirmative proposition in the general form ``all x is y.''

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

The first of the eleven moods, AAA, is excluded by the rule that the conclusion cannot be a universal affirmative.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

Therefore, writing x for 'devils,' y for 'ugly,' and ȳ for 'not-ugly,' we may express A., the universal affirmative, thus: A. xȳ = 0.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth