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Vague :: Vague (v. i.) Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition..

Universality :: Universality (n.) The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge..

Universalist :: Universalist (n.) One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions.

Disjuncttion :: Disjuncttion (n.) A disjunctive proposition.

Trilemma :: Trilemma (n.) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma..

Subcoracoid :: Subcontrary (n.) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.

Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed..

Thesicle :: Thesicle (n.) A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss..

Predicate :: Predicate (v. t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

Porism :: Porism (n.) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.

Enunciation :: Enunciation (n.) That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.

Contraries :: Contraries (n.) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move..

Converse :: Converse (n.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal..

Psephism :: Psephism (n.) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute..

Proposition :: Proposition (n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

Objector :: Objector (n.) One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.

Or :: Or (conj.) A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade..

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