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Noun: contraposition  `kón-tru-pu'zi-shun
  1. 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
     
  2. A placing over against; opposite position

Derived forms: contrapositions

Encyclopedia: Contraposition

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