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Etymology edit

From neitun (refusal, negation) +‎ háttur (mood, custom).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈneiːtʏnarˌhauhtʏr/

Noun edit

Examples (logic: denial of consequent by denial of antecedent)
  1. I always cry at weddings.
  2. I didn't cry.
  3. Therefore, I was not at a wedding.

neitunarháttur m (genitive singular neitunarháttar, nominative plural neitunarhættir)

  1. (philosophy, logic) modus tollens; (a valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied, entailing the denial of the consequent):
    1. If P, then Q.
    2. Not Q.
    3. Therefore, not P.

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