"vacuous truth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vacuous truths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vacuous truth (plural vacuous truths)
  1. (logic) 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. Wikipedia link: vacuous truth Categories (topical): Logic Related terms: principle of explosion
    Sense id: en-vacuous_truth-en-noun-Q7iU5tYJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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