identical proposition

identical proposition

noun Logic.
a proposition in which the subject and predicate have the same meaning, as, “That which is mortal is not immortal.”

Origin:
1635–45

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identical proposition
 
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logic a necessary truth, esp a categorial identity, such as whatever is triangular has three sides

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