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ALL meanings of contraposition

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  • noun contraposition the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis 3
  • noun contraposition the derivation of the contrapositive of a given categorial proposition 3
  • noun contraposition a placing opposite or over against; antithesis; contrast 3
  • noun contraposition placement opposite or against. 1
  • noun contraposition opposition, contrast, or antithesis. 1
  • noun contraposition 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.”. 1
  • noun contraposition Conversion of a proposition from all A is B to all not -B is not-A. 1
  • noun contraposition (logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q". 0
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