contraposition[noun]Synonyms: antagonism, antithesis, con, contradistinction, contrariety, opposition, opposure
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contraposition noun.
[kɒntrǝpǝ'zɪʃ(ǝ)n] M16.[Late Latin contrapositio(n-), from contraposit- pa. ppl stem of contraponere, formed as CONTRA- + ponere to place: see -ITION. Cf. COUNTERPOSITION.]1. Logic. The conversion of a proposition from
all A is B to
all not-B is not-A.
M16.2. gen. Opposition, antithesis, contrast.
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