logical construction

noun

, Logic, Philosophy.

1. anything referred to by an incomplete symbol capable of contextual definition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of logical construction¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

It’s an awkward logical construction that equates his detractors being wrong with their being corrupt – which, of course, isn’t the exact same thing.

From US News

But the Court reasoned that ignoring the text in favor of a more logical construction could produce a law that wouldn’t have passed Congress.

From Forbes

One recruitment agent who screens Italian applicants told The Daily Beast that they look for people who are proficient in gaming and hacking and even those who played obsessively with Lego blocks as a child which shows a certain penchant for logical construction and deconstruction.

From Newsweek

It will soon appear that they do not form a perfectly logical construction and are not part of an a priori system.

From Project Gutenberg

For reasons explained in Lecture IV., the persistence of things through time is to be regarded as the formal result of a logical construction, not as necessarily implying any actual persistence.

From Project Gutenberg