material implication

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Definition of material implication in English English dictionary

An implication as defined in classical propositional logic, leading to the truth of paradoxes of implication such as Q --> (P --> P), to be read as "any proposition whatsoever is a sufficient condition for a true proposition"

Hyphenation

ma·te·ri·al im·pli·ca·tion

Turkish pronunciation

mıtîriıl împlıkeyşın

Synonyms

material conditional

Antonyms

strict implication

Pronunciation

/məˈtərēəl ˌəmpləˈkāsʜən/ /məˈtɪriːəl ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/