Impredicativity is a concept in logic and mathematics that refers to a situation where a definition or a construct is self-referential or circular in nature. It occurs when a set or a mathematical object is defined in terms of a collection that includes the object itself. This can lead to paradoxes or inconsistencies in certain contexts. For example, consider a set defined as the set of all sets that do not contain themselves.
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