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Webster 1913 Edition


Antilogy

An-til′o-gy

(ăn-tĭl′ō̍-jy̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Antilogies
(-jĭz)
.
[Gr.
ἀντιλογία
, fr.
ἀντίλογοσ
contradictory;
ἀντί
against +
λέγειν
to speak.]
A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Antilogy

ANTIL'OGY

,
Noun.
[Gr. against, and speech.]
A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.

Definition 2024


antilogy

antilogy

English

Noun

antilogy (plural antilogies)

  1. (rhetoric) A contradiction in related terms or ideas. Usually an inconsistency in syllogisms, of a person or group supposedly of one set of ideals.

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