contraposition
contraposition is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- against
- anastrophe
- and
- antarctic
- antipodal
- antipodes
- antonym
- arctic
- asunder
- before
- bottom
- capsize
- cart
- contrariety
- contrary
- converse
- counterpart
- diametrically
- down
- eversion
- face
- facing
- head
- heavy
- horse
- hypallage
- hyperbaton
- inside
- introversion
- introvert
- inverse
- inversely
- inversion
- invert
- inverted
- keel
- metastasis
- metathesis
- opposite
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is contraposition.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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