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vacuous truth

vacuous truth noun: a proposition which is true only because it is a conditional statement with a necessarily false premise, or which asserts a property of all elements of an empty domain of discourse.

Noun

vacuous truth (plural vacuous truths)

  1. A proposition which is true only because it is a conditional statement with a necessarily false premise, or which asserts a property of all elements of an empty domain of discourse.

Forms of vacuous truth

pluralvacuous truths

Questions about vacuous truth

What does vacuous truth mean?
Vacuous truth means a proposition which is true only because it is a conditional statement with a necessarily false premise, or which asserts a property of all elements of an empty domain of discourse.
What part of speech is vacuous truth?
Vacuous truth is a noun.
What is the plural of vacuous truth?
The plural of vacuous truth is vacuous truths.

Words near vacuous truth in the dictionary

  1. vacuometer
  2. vacuometers
  3. vacuosities
  4. vacuosity
  5. vacuous
  6. vacuous truth
  7. vacuous truths
  8. vacuously
  9. vacuousness
  10. vacupuncture
  11. vacutained

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