noncontradiction

See also: non-contradiction

English

Alternative forms

• non-contradiction

Etymology

From non- +‎ contradiction.

Noun

noncontradiction (countable and uncountable, plural noncontradictions)

1. A statement which is logically not a contradiction.
2. (uncountable) Absence of contradiction; the situation where statements do not contradict each other.

   the noncontradiction of the postulates of geometry

Derived terms

• law of noncontradiction