"law of noncontradiction" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (logic) The principle that no statement may be simultaneously true and false at the same time and in the same sense. Wikipedia link: law of noncontradiction Categories (topical): Logic Synonyms: law of contradiction Coordinate_terms (principle in logic): law of excluded middle, principle of explosion

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