Meanings
plural logicians · alternative logitian
- A person who studies or teaches logic.
“To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are.” ― “The Greek Interpreter”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894
2 more examples
It is not unknown for a logician to talk about exes and wyes.
1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22These two treatments of the predicate are typical of the two traditions in traditional logic—the intensional and the extensional traditions. Logicians who can be counted among the intensional logicians are Gottfried Leibniz, Johann Lambert, William Hamilton, Stanley Jevons, and Hugh MacColl. Among the extensional logicians are George Boole, Augustus De Morgan, Charles Peirce, and John Venn.
2011 July 20, Edwin Mares, “Propositional Function”, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, retrieved 15 Jul 2012
Origin
- Old Frenchlogicien
- Middle Englishlogicien
- Englishlogician
From Middle English logicien, logissian, from Old French logicien. Equivalent to logic + -ian.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَنْطِقِيّ
- مَنْطِقِيّ (manṭiqiyy)person who studies or teaches logic
Chinese Mandarin 論理學者 /论理学者, 邏輯學家 /逻辑学家
- 論理學者 /论理学者 (lùnlǐ xuézhě)person who studies or teaches logic
- 邏輯學家 /逻辑学家 (luójí xuéjiā)person who studies or teaches logic
Czech logik
- logikperson who studies or teaches logic
Dutch logicus
- logicusperson who studies or teaches logic
Estonian loogik
- loogikperson who studies or teaches logic
Finnish loogikko
- loogikkoperson who studies or teaches logic
French logicien, logicienne
- logicienperson who studies or teaches logic
- logicienneperson who studies or teaches logic
German Logiker, Logikerin
- Logikerperson who studies or teaches logic
- Logikerinperson who studies or teaches logic
Greek λογικολόγος
- λογικολόγος (logikológos)person who studies or teaches logic
Hindi तार्किक
- तार्किक (tārkik)person who studies or teaches logic
Japanese 論理学者
- 論理学者 (ronri gakusha)person who studies or teaches logic
Korean 논리 학자
- 논리 학자 (nolli hakja)person who studies or teaches logic
Norwegian Bokmål logiker
- logikerperson who studies or teaches logic
Polish logik, logiczka
- logikperson who studies or teaches logic
- logiczkaperson who studies or teaches logic
Portuguese lógico
- lógicoperson who studies or teaches logic
Romanian logician, logiciană
- logicianperson who studies or teaches logic
- logicianăperson who studies or teaches logic
Russian ло́гик
- ло́гик (lógik)person who studies or teaches logic
Slovak logik, logička
- logikperson who studies or teaches logic
- logičkaperson who studies or teaches logic
Spanish lógico, lógica
- lógicoperson who studies or teaches logic
- lógicaperson who studies or teaches logic
Swedish logiker
- logikerperson who studies or teaches logic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with logician
Cite this entry
logician. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logician
“logician.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logician. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “logician,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/logician.
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