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postpredicament /ˌpəʊs(t)prɪˈdɪkəm(ə)nt/Logic nounUsually 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. |