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Contraposition
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What's The Definition Of Contraposition?Synonyms | Synonyms for Contraposition: Related Terms | Find terms related to Contraposition: antagonism | antipathy | antithesis | backlash | bucking | challenge | clashing | collision | con | conflict | confrontation | confutation | contention | contradiction | contradistinction | contraindication | contrariety | contrast | contravention | contraversion | counteraction | counterposition | counterworking | crankiness | crosscurrent | crossing | cross-purposes | crotchetiness | denial | disagreement | discrepancy | dissent | friction | head wind | hostility | impugnation | impugnment | inconsistency | inimicalness | interference | kick | negation | nonconformity | opposing | oppositeness | opposition | opposure | oppugnance | oppugnancy | oppugnation | perverseness | perversity | polarity | reaction | rebutment | rebuttal | recalcitrance | recoil | refusal | rejection | renitency | repercussion | repugnance | resistance | revolt | showdown | standing against | swimming upstream | traversal | undercurrent See Also | Contraposition In Webster's Dictionary \Con"tra*po*si"tion\, n. [Pref. contra- +
position: cf. f. conterposition.]
1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] --F.
Potter.
2. (Logic) A so-called immediate inference which consists in
denying the original subject of the contradictory
predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.
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