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Grammar : Noun
Spell : verb pred-i-keyt; adjective, noun pred-i-kit
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪt; adjective, noun ˈprɛd ɪ kɪt

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Définition of predication

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French predicacion (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin predicationem, from Latin praedicationem (nominative praedicatio) "a foretelling, prediction," noun of action from past participle stem of praedicare (see predicate (n.)).
  • As in assertion : noun declaration, positive statement
  • As in quality : noun characteristic, feature
  • As in contention : noun argument for idea
Example sentences :
  • Again, in every predication there is an attribution of singular or plural.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • Major premise: All men are mortal, a predication about all men.
  • Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
  • Predication, as Aristotle saw, is as various as the categories of being.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • But the two terms "subject" and "predication" are not co-ordinate.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey
  • Predication is a dynamic term indicating the act of predicating.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey
  • Mr. Spencer does the very thing he forbids us to do, in making this predication.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
  • Bain follows Mill in treating this as the final import of Predication.
  • Extract from : « Logic, Inductive and Deductive » by William Minto
  • In all these cases the subject of the predication is an entire proposition.
  • Extract from : « A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive » by John Stuart Mill
  • Obviously of such a Mind as this no predication is logically possible.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Religion » by George John Romanes
  • Nothing was there said (as nothing was needed) of the relations that might be implied in the predication.
  • Extract from : « Logic » by Carveth Read

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