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denying the antecedent

logical fallacy of the form: if 𝑃, then 𝑄; not 𝑃; thus, not 𝑄
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denying the antecedent

Summary

denying the antecedent is an argumentation scheme[1]. It draws 141 Wikipedia views per month (argumentation_scheme category, ranking #4 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • denying the antecedent's instance of is recorded as argumentation scheme[3].
  • denying the antecedent's subclass of is recorded as propositional fallacy[4].
  • denying the antecedent's opposite of is recorded as affirming the consequent[5].
  • denying the antecedent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012cck[6].
  • denying the antecedent's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/denial-of-the-antecedent[7].
  • denying the antecedent's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 37725368[8].
  • denying the antecedent's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Denying_the_Antecedent[9].

Why It Matters

denying the antecedent draws 141 Wikipedia views per month (argumentation_scheme category, ranking #4 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). denying the antecedent. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/denying-the-antecedent
MLA “denying the antecedent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/denying-the-antecedent.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_denying-the-antecedent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{denying the antecedent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/denying-the-antecedent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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