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单词 subcontrary
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•con•tra•ry  (sub kontrer ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. [Logic.]
  1. Philosophyone of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
  • Medieval Latin subcontrārius, Late Latin (see sub-, contrary), origin, originally as translation of Greek hypenantíos
  • 1595–1605

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
subcontrary /sʌbˈkɒntrərɪ/ adj
  1. (of a pair of propositions) related such that they cannot both be false at once, although they may be true together
n ( pl -ries)
  1. a statement that cannot be false when a given statement is false
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