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dialetheia

dialetheia noun: a statement that is both true and false; a true contradiction.

Noun

dialetheia (plural dialetheias or dialetheia)

  1. A statement that is both true and false; a true contradiction.

Forms of dialetheia

pluraldialetheias
pluraldialetheia

Origin of dialetheia

Coined by Graham Priest and Richard Routley, from di- + Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”), in 1981.

Questions about dialetheia

What does dialetheia mean?
Dialetheia means a statement that is both true and false; a true contradiction.
What part of speech is dialetheia?
Dialetheia is a noun.
What is the plural of dialetheia?
The plural of dialetheia is dialetheias.

Words near dialetheia in the dictionary

  1. dialed up
  2. dialefe
  3. dialefes
  4. dialer
  5. dialers
  6. dialetheia
  7. dialetheias
  8. dialetheic
  9. dialetheism
  10. dialetheisms
  11. dialetheist

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