Contraposition

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [moby-thes]:

  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