CONTRAPOSITION


Meaning of CONTRAPOSITION in English

[con.tra.po.si.tion] n [LL contraposition-, contrapositio, fr. L contraponere to place opposite, fr. contra- + ponere to place--more at position] (1551): the relationship between two propositions when the subject and predicate of one are respectively the negation of the predicate and the negation of the subject of the other

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