universal affirmative


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

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How to use universal affirmative in a sentence

  • First, that if there be no universal affirmative or negative, it be carefully noted as not existing.

    Novum Organum | Francis Bacon
  • But the universal affirmative cannot be thus converted simply.

    Aristotle | George Grote
  • Suppose the thesis set up by the respondent to be an universal affirmative, or an universal negative.

    Aristotle | George Grote
  • An universal affirmative may also state a relation between two terms whose denotation is co-extensive.

    Logic | Carveth Read