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impredicative

impredicative adjective: definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part.

Adjective

impredicative (not comparable)

  1. definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part

Questions about impredicative

What does impredicative mean?
Impredicative means definable only in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part.
What part of speech is impredicative?
Impredicative is an adjective.

Words near impredicative in the dictionary

  1. impreciseness
  2. imprecisenesses
  3. imprecision
  4. imprecisions
  5. impredicable
  6. impredicative
  7. impredicativities
  8. impredicativity
  9. impredictability
  10. impredictable
  11. impredictably

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