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Word: Contraposition
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from late Latin contrapositio(n-), from the verb contraponere, from contra- ‘against’ + ponere ‘to place’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kɒntrəpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
conversion of a proposition from all A is B to all not-B is not-A.
Short Definition:conversion of proposition from all A is B to all not-B is not-A
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