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property-theoretic

property-theoretic adjective: of or pertaining to the theory of properties.

Adjective

property-theoretic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the theory of properties.
    • Kurt Gödel is reported to have remarked ‘‘There never were any set-theoretic paradoxes, but the property-theoretic paradoxes are still unresolved.’’ The idea behind the first part of his remark is presumably that the notion of set was hierarchical from the start, so that it should have been obvious...2008, Hartry Field, Saving Truth from Paradox

Questions about property-theoretic

What does property-theoretic mean?
Property-theoretic means of or pertaining to the theory of properties.
What part of speech is property-theoretic?
Property-theoretic is an adjective.

Words near property-theoretic in the dictionary

  1. property registers
  2. property right
  3. property rights
  4. property tax
  5. property taxes
  6. property-theoretic
  7. propertying
  8. propertyless
  9. propertylessness
  10. propetandrol
  11. propfan

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