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In the expression 'Nothing is larger than itself' the relation 'is larger than' is

  • A.antisymmetric
  • B.asymmetrical
  • C.intransitive
  • D.irreflexive

Answer: D

The statement 'Nothing is larger than itself' says that no thing stands in the relation 'is larger than' to itself, and a relation of which that is true for every object is called irreflexive. The relation is also asymmetrical and transitive, but the statement only expresses the first of these. It is not intransitive, since larger than is transitive, and antisymmetric is a condition on pairs of different things which is not what the expression says. The answer is irreflexive.

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