Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disjunctive syllogism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: dis-junc-tive -syl-lo-gism
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A logical argument of the form that if there are only two possibilities, and one of them is ruled out, then the other must take place. In symbols: P∨Q,¬P⊢Q

Inflected Forms

disjunctive syllogisms (plural)

Questions

What does disjunctive syllogism mean?: A logical argument of the form that if there are only two possibilities, and one of them is ruled out, then the other must take place. In symbols: P∨Q,¬P⊢Q

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