Antiprinciple

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A principle that opposes another principle.

    "The principle of redundancy […] is the antiprinciple of the principle of economy."

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"The principle of redundancy […] is the antiprinciple of the principle of economy."

Etymology

From anti- + principle.

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