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Noun: antilogism
  1. An inconsistent triad of propositions in logic of which two are premises of a valid syllogism while the third is the contradictory of its conclusion.
    "Diagram the premises and the negation of the conclusion; the argument is valid iff the resulting diagram is an antilogism (ie, it's inconsistent)."

Derived forms: antilogisms

Type of: logical relation

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