pseudostatement
noun
pseu·do·statement
\¦sü(ˌ)dō+\
Definition of pseudostatement
1 : a statement that cannot be empirically verified; especially : a statement made in a poem
2 : a sentence that is grammatically correct yet fails to express a total sense (as in the sentence “the true is more identical than the beautiful”)
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Origin and Etymology of pseudostatement
pseud- + statement
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