law of noncontradiction

See also: law of non-contradiction

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law of noncontradiction

  1. (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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