antilogism

antilogism
antilogistic, adj.antilogistically, adv.
/an til"euh jiz'euhm/, n. Logic.
a group of three inconsistent propositions, two of which are premises of a syllogism that contradict the third.
[1900-05; < LGk antilogismós, equiv. to anti- ANTI- + logismós calculation, deriv. of logízesthai to calculate, deriv. of lógos reckoning]

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