Definitions for contraposition

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contraposition con·tra·po·si·tion

Spelling: [kon-truh-puh-zish-uh n]

IPA: /ˌkɒn trə pəˈzɪʃ ən/

Contraposition is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1440 anagrams from letters in contraposition (aciinnoooprstt).

Definitions for contraposition

noun

1. placement opposite or against.
2. opposition, contrast, or antithesis.
3. 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.”.

Origin of contraposition

First recorded in 1545-55, contraposition is from the Late Latin word contrāposition- (stem of contrāpositiō). See contra¹, posi

Examples for contraposition

It is for dealing with these intractable moods that contraposition is required.

They are all remarkable for harmonies attained by certain combinations of shade in gradations with colours in contraposition.

We have given examples and illustrations in the paragraph describing Conversion by contraposition.

A further process, known as contraposition or Conversion by Negation, consists of conversion following on obversion.

In this it differs from Obversion, Conversion, and contraposition, each of which stands for one process.