contraposition
[ kon-truh-puh-zish-uhn ]
/ ˌkɒn trə pəˈzɪʃ ən /
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noun
placement opposite or against.
opposition, contrast, or antithesis.
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.”
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contraposition
/ (ˌkɒntrəpəˈzɪʃən) /
noun
the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
logic the derivation of the contrapositive of a given categorial proposition
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