命題|めいだいmeidai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjectiveproposition; thesis; notion; theory
  2. no-adjectiveproblem; issue; challenge
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymテーゼWrittenA written German loanword for theses in philosophy or politics, with a theoretical flavor; 「命題」 also covers logical propositions and problems that must be solved.
  • Synonym課題かだいNeutralA task or issue awaiting resolution; its task-oriented sense sits close to the extended sense of 「命題」.
  • Synonym定立ていりつWrittenA rare philosophical term for positing a thesis, especially the first proposition in Hegelian dialectic; it stresses the thesis itself and is far rarer than 「命題」.
  • Synonym提題ていだいWrittenA rare written word for the thesis or claim put forward to be proven; it stresses the assertion, while 「命題」 is the broader term.
  • Related問いといNeutralA neutral native word for a question or query; it centers on the doubt being asked, not on a logical proposition like 「命題」.
  • Related問題もんだいNeutralThe most versatile word for problems, issues and test questions; unlike 「命題」 it does not imply a mission that must be accomplished.
  • Related設問せつもんNeutralRefers to questions set on an exam or questionnaire; it stresses the act of setting questions, a much narrower use than 「命題」.
  • RelatedプロブレムNeutralA colloquial loanword for a problem, seen most often in 「ノープロブレム」; it lacks the logical and fundamental-task senses of 「命題」.

Use 「命題」 for propositions in logic or fundamental problems to be solved, as in 「至上命題」「真の命題」. For matters to tackle choose 「課題」, for general problems 「問題」, for test questions 「設問」, and for theoretical theses 「テーゼ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 書物しょもつなどに題号だいごうを与あたえること。または、その題号だいごう。
  2. 判断はんだんの言葉ことばによる表現ひょうげん。
  3. 現代げんだい論理学ろんりがくにおいては、平叙文へいじょぶん(真偽しんぎを問とうことの出来できる文ぶん)、または、それが示しめす内容ないようのこと。
  4. 真偽しんぎどちらかである文ぶん。
  5. 定理ていりと補題ほだいの中間ちゅうかん程度ていどに重要じゅうような、証明しょうめいされた主張しゅちょう。
  6. 課題かだい。達成たっせいすべき問題もんだい。
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