dialetheism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense. The opposite of the law of noncontradiction.

Pronunciation

/ˌdaɪ.əˈlɛθ.i.ɪz.əm/

Word forms

dialetheism dialetheisms

Etymology

Coined by Graham Priest and Richard Routley, from di- + Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”), in 1981.

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