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contraposition

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌkɒntrəpəˈzɪʃən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kon′trə pə zish′ən)

con•tra•po•si•tion (kon′trə pə zish′ən),USA pronunciation n.

placement opposite or against.
opposition, contrast, or antithesis.
Philosophy[Logic.]the inference drawn from a proposition by negating its terms and changing their order, as by inferring "Not B implies not A'' from "A implies B.''

Late Latin contrāposition- (stem of contrāpositiō). See contra-¹, position
1545–55

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contraposition /ˌkɒntrəpəˈzɪʃən/ n

the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
the derivation of the contrapositive of a given categorial proposition

'contraposition' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

contrapose - contrapositive

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