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identity of indiscernibles

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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  • French: principe d'identité des indiscernables — principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical
  • German: Satz des Nichtzuunterscheidenden — principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical
  • Italian: principio di identità degli indiscernibili — principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical
  • Polish: zasada identyczności przedmiotów nierozróżnialnych — principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical
  • Portuguese: princípio da identidade dos indiscerníveis — principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical
  • Russian: то́ждество неразличи́мых (tóždestvo nerazličímyx) — principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical
  • Spanish: identidad de los indiscernibles — principle that, if two objects are indistinguishable from one another with respect to all of their properties, then they are identical