MUTUAL EXCLUSIVENESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

Synonyms:

incompatibility; inconsistency; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("mutual exclusiveness" is a kind of...):

contradictoriness (the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist)

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