Contraposition

[,kɒntrәpә'ziʃәn]

Definition

(n.) A placing over against; opposite position.

(n.) 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.

Editor: Monica

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Oppositeness, confrontment, facing

ANT:Side, flank, collateralness

Typed by Alphonse

Definition

n. opposition contrast: (logic) an immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory of the original predicate.—adj. Con′tra-pos′itive.

Typed by Kevin