mutual exclusiveness
- noun
- /ˈmjuːtʃuəl ɪkˈskluːsɪvnəs/
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exclusividad mutua
- The mutual exclusiveness of these two theories means that if one is correct, the other must be false.
Examples
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In a debate, the participants showcased the mutual exclusiveness of their opposing viewpoints.
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When you choose one vacation destination, the mutual exclusiveness of your options prevents you from visiting the others.
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It is a unit broad enough to encounter problems with meeting the mutual exclusiveness criterion.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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4.8
A situation where things do not match or agree
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7.9
Two statements that cannot both be true but can both be false
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6.7
A situation where two statements cannot both be true at the same time
Antonyms
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'mutual' (reciprocal/shared between parties) combined with 'exclusiveness' (the quality of excluding others) yields the idea that the items reciprocally exclude one another. This follows a regular adjectival+noun composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Mutual exclusiveness shows a clear picture: mutual means 'each other' and exclusiveness means 'only one', like two light switches connected so when one is on the other must be off. So, it means that two or more things 'cannot both be true' or 'cannot happen at the same time'.