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LOGICALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
logicality; logicalness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("logicality" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)
illogical; unlogical (lacking in correct logical relation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "logicality"):
rationality; rationalness (the quality of being consistent with or based on logic)
consistency ((logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another)
completeness ((logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system)
Antonym:
illogicality (invalid or incorrect reasoning)
Derivation:
logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)
logical (based on known statements or events or conditions)