law of noncontradiction
See also: law of non-contradiction
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- (logic) The principle that no statement may be simultaneously true and false at the same time and in the same sense.
- The statement "this piece of chalk is not a piece of chalk" violates the law of noncontradiction.
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- (principle in logic): law of excluded middle, principle of explosion
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principle in logic