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Mutually exclusive   /mjˈutʃuəli ɪksklˈusɪv/   Listen
Mutually exclusive

adjective
1.
Unable to be both true at the same time.  Synonym: contradictory.






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"Mutually exclusive" Quotes from Famous Books



... that Pantheism, the doctrine which denies the transcendence of God, is by no means the same as that which affirms His immanence, nor does it logically follow from that affirmation. The mistake so frequently made lies in regarding the Divine immanence and the Divine transcendence as mutually exclusive alternatives, whereas they are complementary to one another. A one-sided insistence on the immanence of God, to the exclusion of His transcendence, leads to {15} Pantheism, just as a one-sided insistence ...
— Problems of Immanence - Studies Critical and Constructive • J. Warschauer

... two fundamental forms of rhythm, though these are not altogether mutually exclusive, ...
— The Principles of English Versification • Paull Franklin Baum

... whether the spectator, wrapped in darkness, shall watch the music unfold at the end of some mysterious vista, or whether his whole organism shall be played upon by powerful waves of multi-coloured light. These coupled alternatives are not mutually exclusive, any more than the idea of an orchestra is exclusive of that ...
— Architecture and Democracy • Claude Fayette Bragdon



Words linked to "Mutually exclusive" :   contradictory, incompatible



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