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Coextensiveness

COEXTENSIVENESS

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Noun.
Equal extension or extent.

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coextensiveness

coextensiveness

English

Noun

coextensiveness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being coextensive.
    • 2007 September 1, Daniel A. Weiskopf, “The origins of concepts”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 3, DOI:10.1007/s11098-007-9150-8:
      This disjunction might pick out the same extension as the concept cat , but being able to entertain that complex disjunction isn’t sufficient for having that concept despite this coextensiveness.