contraposition
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Contraposition \Con"tra*po*si"tion\, n. [Pref. contra- +
position: cf. f. conterposition.]
1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] --F.
Potter.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, cross-purposes,
crosscurrent, crossing, 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
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