antiprinciple

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ principle.

Noun

antiprinciple (plural antiprinciples)

  1. A principle that opposes another principle.
    • 1980, Samuel A. Corson, Elizabeth O'Leary Corson, Joyce A. Alexander, Ethology and Nonverbal Communication in Mental Health, page 202:
      The principle of redundancy […] is the antiprinciple of the principle of economy.
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