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单词 postpredicament
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postpredicament

/ˌpəʊs(t)prɪˈdɪkəm(ə)nt/
Logic
noun
Usually in plural Any one of the five relations considered, after the predicaments themselves, at the end of the work on the ten predicaments or categories attributed to Aristotle.
  • The five postpredicaments were: 1. opposites (ἀντικείμενα), of four kinds; 2. the conceptions before or priority (πρότερον), of five kinds; 3. at once or simultaneity (ἅμα), of two kinds; 4. motion (κίνησις), of six kinds; and 5. having (ἔχειν), of eight kinds..

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blundeville (fl. 1561), author and translator. From post-classical Latin postpraedicamentum from classical Latin post- + post-classical Latin praedicamentum.

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