CONTRAPOSITION


Meaning of CONTRAPOSITION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -pə-ˈzi-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin contraposition-, contrapositio, from Latin contraponere to place opposite, from contra- + ponere to place — more at position

Date: 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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